Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2012-1583

Double free vulnerability in the xfrm6_tunnel_rcv function in net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when the xfrm6_tunnel module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted IPv6 packets.

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.036 (89.1th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2012-1583: held from 0.036 to 0.036.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.036 · newest: 0.036 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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