CVE-2012-0875
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
SystemTap 1.7, 1.6.7, and probably other versions, when unprivileged mode is enabled, allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (kernel panic and crash) via vectors related to crafted DWARF data, which triggers a read of an invalid pointer.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0900)
- Published
- February 4, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0900 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- systemtap / systemtap
- systemtap / systemtap
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00057.html
- http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/6987
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0376.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1026777
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13714
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64b0cff3b
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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