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CVE-2012-2137

Buffer overflow in virt/kvm/irq_comm.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows local users to cause a denial of…

Medium6.9EPSS 0.52%
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redhat

Description

Buffer overflow in virt/kvm/irq_comm.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI), irq routing entries, and an incorrect check by the setup_routing_entry function before invoking the kvm_set_irq function.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2012-2137, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.52% · top 56% 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 6.9.

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