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CVE-2012-6712

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 2.6.27 before 3.4 — fixed in 3.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 3.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2da424b0773cea3db47e1e81db71eeebde8269d4
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2da424b0773cea3db47e1e81db71eeebde8269d4
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4
• https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2da424b0773cea3db47e1e81db71eeebde8269d4
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2da424b0773cea3db47e1e81db71eeebde8269d4
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4

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