What is CVE-2012-1583?

CVE-2012-1583 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10. CVE-2012-1583 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-1583?

CVE-2012-1583 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2012-1583?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2012-1583. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2012-1583 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-1583 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2012-1583

Medium

Double free vulnerability in the xfrm6_tunnel_rcv function in net/ipv6/xfrm6_tunnel.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22, when the xfrm6_tunnel module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted IPv6 packets.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2012-06-16

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.0

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2012-1583 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2012-1583 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Ftp
http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
Marc
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133951357207000&w=2
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0488.html
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48881
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53139
Securitytracker
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026930
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=752304
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d0772b70faaf8e9f2013b6c4273d94d5eac8047a
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d0772b70faaf8e9f2013b6c4273d94d5eac8047a
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2012-1583

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.0 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2012-06-16

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-1583?

CVE-2012-1583 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10 . CVE-2012-1583 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-1583?

CVE-2012-1583 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2012-1583?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2012-1583. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2012-1583 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2012-1583 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.