What is CVE-2011-1759?

CVE-2011-1759 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.2 out of 10. CVE-2011-1759 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-1759?

CVE-2011-1759 has a CVSS score of 6.2 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-1759?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2011-1759 patch availability.

Is CVE-2011-1759 actively exploited?

CVE-2011-1759 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2011-1759

Medium

Integer overflow in the sys_oabi_semtimedop function in arch/arm/kernel/sys_oabi-compat.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39 on the ARM platform, when CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by providing a crafted argument and leveraging a race condition.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2012-06-13

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

6.2

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-189

CVE-2011-1759 is classified as CWE-189

See CWE-189 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

4 total

Details

CVE ID CVE-2011-1759

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.2 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2012-06-13

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-1759?

CVE-2011-1759 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.2 out of 10 . CVE-2011-1759 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-1759?

CVE-2011-1759 has a CVSS score of 6.2 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-1759?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2011-1759 patch availability.
Is CVE-2011-1759 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2011-1759 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.