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CVE-2012-0723

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-07-30 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The kernel in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.1.4-FP-25 SP-02, does not properly implement the dupmsg system call, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted application.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
• IBM VIOS: 2.2.1.4-fp-25_sp-02

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/syscall_advisory.asc
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22693
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22694
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22695
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22696
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22697
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027315
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74134
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/syscall_advisory.asc
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22693
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22694
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV22695

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