Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

36 Linux Kernel CVEs in May 2012

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In May 2012, 36 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated Critical, 10 were rated High severity and 25 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. May's 36 CVEs represent 32% of all 2012 Linux kernel CVEs .

36
Total CVEs
1
Critical
10
High
25
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — May 2012 36 CVEs
All (36) Critical (1) High (10) Medium (25) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2011-3188 linux Critical 9.1 2012-05-24 The (1) IPv4 and (2) IPv6 implementations in the Linux kernel before 3.1 use a modified MD4 algorithm to generate seque…
CVE-2011-3191 linux High 8.8 2012-05-24 Integer signedness error in the CIFSFindNext function in fs/cifs/cifssmb.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows remote…
CVE-2012-1097 linux High 7.8 2012-05-17 The regset (aka register set) feature in the Linux kernel before 3.2.10 does not properly handle the absence of .get an…
CVE-2012-0044 linux High 7.8 2012-05-17 Integer overflow in the drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl function in drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c in the Direct Rendering Manager (…
CVE-2011-3359 linux High 7.5 2012-05-24 The dma_rx function in drivers/net/wireless/b43/dma.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly allocate rece…
CVE-2011-2699 linux High 7.5 2012-05-24 The IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not generate Fragment Identification values separately for …
CVE-2012-0207 linux High 7.5 2012-05-17 The igmp_heard_query function in net/ipv4/igmp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a de…
CVE-2011-2517 linux High 7.2 2012-05-24 Multiple buffer overflows in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.2 allow local users to gain privi…
CVE-2012-2319 linux High 7.2 2012-05-17 Multiple buffer overflows in the hfsplus filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3.5 allow local users t…
CVE-2012-2123 linux High 7.2 2012-05-17 The cap_bprm_set_creds function in security/commoncap.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.3 does not properly handle the u…
CVE-2011-4326 linux High 7.1 2012-05-17 The udp6_ufo_fragment function in net/ipv6/udp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39, when a certain UDP Fragmentation Of…
CVE-2011-3363 linux Medium 6.5 2012-05-24 The setup_cifs_sb function in fs/cifs/connect.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 does not properly handle DFS referral…
CVE-2011-2707 linux Medium 6.0 2012-05-24 The ptrace_setxregs function in arch/xtensa/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 does not validate user-space…
CVE-2011-4081 linux Medium 5.5 2012-05-24 crypto/ghash-generic.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer der…
CVE-2011-2906 linux Medium 5.5 2012-05-24 Integer signedness error in the pmcraid_ioctl_passthrough function in drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c in the Linux kernel before…

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How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2012?

36 Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2012, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated Critical severity, 10 High, and 25 Medium.

How does May 2012 compare to other months?

May 2012's 36 CVEs represent 32% of all 2012 Linux kernel CVEs. View the full 2012 breakdown →

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