What is CVE-2012-1566?

CVE-2012-1566 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linuxmint. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2012-1566?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linuxmint

CVE-2012-1566

LinuxMint as of 2012-03-19 has temporary file creation vulnerabilities in mintNanny.

Published 2020-02-07 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linuxmint
Linuxmint Mint — versions 2012-03-19

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/19/14 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-1566?: CVE-2012-1566 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linuxmint. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2012-1566?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.