What is CVE-2012-1567?

CVE-2012-1567 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linuxmint. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-07.

How severe is CVE-2012-1567?

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

Vulnerability in Linuxmint

CVE-2012-1567

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

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: 0.010 (62.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 62.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linuxmint
Linuxmint Mint — versions 2012-03-19

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/19/14 (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/linuxmint/mintupdate/blob/master/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintUpdate/mintUp… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-1567?: CVE-2012-1567 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linuxmint. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-02-07.
How severe is CVE-2012-1567?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.