CVE-2012-6712

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

In the Linux kernel before 3.4, a buffer overflow occurs in drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-sta.c, which will cause at least memory corruption.

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-2012-6712

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.8.11-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.8.11-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.8.11-1
debian debiansidfixed3.8.11-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.8.11-1

References

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