What is CVE-2012-1179?

CVE-2012-1179 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.2 out of 10, classified as a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control flaw (CWE-264). CVE-2012-1179 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-1179?

CVE-2012-1179 has a CVSS score of 5.2 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2012-1179?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2012-1179. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2012-1179 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-1179 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control (CWE-264)?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

CVE-2012-1179

Medium

The Linux kernel before 3.3.1, when KVM is used, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging administrative access to the guest OS, related to the pmd_none_or_clear_bad function and page faults for huge pages.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2012-05-17

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.2

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-264

CVE-2012-1179 is a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control vulnerability

What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2012-1179 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Lists
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075781.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
Marc
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48404
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48898
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.1
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/15/7
Securitytracker
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027084
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=803793
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4a1d704194a441bf83c636004a479e01360ec850
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2012-1179

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.2 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2012-05-17

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-1179?

CVE-2012-1179 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.2 out of 10 , classified as a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control flaw (CWE-264) . CVE-2012-1179 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-1179?

CVE-2012-1179 has a CVSS score of 5.2 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2012-1179?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2012-1179. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2012-1179 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2012-1179 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control (CWE-264)?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. View CWE-264 on MITRE CWE →