CVE-2012-2744
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 4.5%EU EUVD
net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when the nf_conntrack_ipv6 module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via certain types of fragmented IPv6 packets.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 4.5% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2724)
- Published
- August 9, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2724 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e2dcf72023d1447f09c47d77c99b0c49659e5ce
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1064.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1148.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49928
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54367
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027235
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833402
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e2dcf72023d1447f09c47d77c99b0c49659e5ce(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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