CVE-2012-0028
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
The robust futex implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28 does not properly handle processes that make exec system calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges by writing to a memory location in a child process.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (43th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0068)
- Published
- June 21, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0068 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/08/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771764
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8141c7f3e7aee618312fa1c15109e1219de784a7(Exploit, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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