CVE-2012-2319

high
Published 2012-05-17 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.2
VIR risk
7.2

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the hfsplus filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.5 allow local users to gain privileges via a crafted HFS plus filesystem, a related issue to CVE-2009-4020.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2319

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.2.17-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.2.17-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.2.17-1
debian debiansidfixed3.2.17-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.2.17-1
linux linux-kernelaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.