Information disclosure in Linux Kernel
CVE-2012-4530
The load_script function in fs/binfmt_script.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.2 does not properly handle recursion, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (57.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.6% 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
- Linux Kernel — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0223.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/19/3 (mailing-list)
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b66c5984017533316fd1951770302649baf1aa33
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.2
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html (vendor-advisory)
- git.kernel.org/
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi