CVE-2012-0044
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.1.5 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted ioctl call.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-190
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0084)
- Published
- May 17, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0084 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a5cd335165e31db9dbab636fd29895d41da55dd2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.5(Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/12/1(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51371(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1555-1(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1556-1(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772894(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a5cd335165e31db9dbab636fd29895d41da55dd2(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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