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CVE-2012-0875
SystemTap 1.7, 1.6.7, and probably other versions, when unprivileged mode is enabled, allows local users to obtain sensitive information…
Medium5.4EPSS 0.35%
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- redhat
Description
SystemTap 1.7, 1.6.7, and probably other versions, when unprivileged mode is enabled, allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (kernel panic and crash) via vectors related to crafted DWARF data, which triggers a read of an invalid pointer.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- RHSA-2012:0376 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13714 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1026777 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120222 CVE-2012-0875: systemtap memory disclosure/kernel panic when processing malformed DWARF unwind data (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64b0cff3b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0475 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .