Is CVE-2012-6701 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2012-6701 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-6701?

CVE-2012-6701 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-6701?

CVE-2012-6701 has an EPSS score of 0.35% (27th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2012-6701?

Upgrade linux kernel to 3.4.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-6701

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Integer overflow in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large AIO iovec.

CWE-190Integer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

linux kernelNVD

Affected:>= 3.4, < 3.4.1Fixed in:3.4.1CVE-2012-6701derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.35%probability of exploitation in 30 days

27thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 27% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory3

Third-Party Advisory1

access.redhat.com

Issue Tracking1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Mailing List1

openwall.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-190 (Integer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-11477	High	7.5	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-44443	High	7.8	94%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-0569	High	9.3	90%	-	-
CVE-2017-3599	High	7.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-21716	Critical	9.8	82%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.