Is CVE-2012-3412 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-3412 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-3412?

CVE-2012-3412 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2012-3412

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 5.9%EU EUVD

The sfc (aka Solarflare Solarstorm) driver in the Linux kernel before 3.2.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DMA descriptor consumption and network-controller outage) via crafted TCP packets that trigger a small MSS value.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.8 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
EPSS score: 5.9% (93th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-3382)
Published: October 3, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-3382 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
linux / linux kernel

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00005.html(Broken Link, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1324.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1347.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1375.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1401.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1430.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50633(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50732(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50811(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/51193(Broken Link)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.30(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/03/4(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1567-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1568-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1572-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1575-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1577-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1578-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1579-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1580-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844714(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/68cb695ccecf949d48949e72f8ce591fdaaa325c(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2012/suse-su-20121679-1.html(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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