Vulnerabilities / CVE-2012-6712

critical

CVE-2012-6712

kernel: buffer overflow in drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-sta.c

Published Modified CWE 119
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat6.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium).

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 packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11linux3.8.11-1
debian 12linux3.8.11-1
debian 13linux3.8.11-1
debian 14linux3.8.11-1
echolinux3.8.11-1
root.io debian 11rootio-linux3.8.11-1
root.io debian 12rootio-linux3.8.11-1
root.io debian 13rootio-linux3.8.11-1

References

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