CVE-2012-0207
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 20.3%EU EUVD
The igmp_heard_query function in net/ipv4/igmp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via IGMP packets.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-369
- EPSS score
- 20.3% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0245)
- 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-2012-0245 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- redhat / enterprise linux eus
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=654876(Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a8c1f65c79cbbb2f7da782d4c9d15639a9b94b27
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.1(Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/5(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772867(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/25c413ad0029ea86008234be28aee33456e53e5b(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a8c1f65c79cbbb2f7da782d4c9d15639a9b94b27(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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