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CVE-2012-5375

The CRC32C feature in the Btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8-rc1 allows local users to cause a denial of service…

Medium4.0EPSS 0.86%
Published
Updated
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mitre

Description

The CRC32C feature in the Btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8-rc1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of file creation) by leveraging the ability to write to a directory important to the victim, and creating a file with a crafted name that is associated with a specific CRC32C hash value.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2012-5375, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium4.0AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.86% · top 42% 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 4.0.

Weakness

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Record last updated .