What is CVE-2012-2744?

CVE-2012-2744 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10. CVE-2012-2744 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-2744?

CVE-2012-2744 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2012-2744?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2012-2744. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2012-2744 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-2744 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2012-2744

High

net/ipv6/netfilter/nf_conntrack_reasm.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34, when the nf_conntrack_ipv6 module is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via certain types of fragmented IPv6 packets.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2012-08-09

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

7.8

out of 10

High

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:C

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2012-2744 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-2.6.34
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1064.html
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1148.html
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49928
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54367
Securitytracker
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027235
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=833402
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e2dcf72023d1447f09c47d77c99b0c49659e5ce
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9e2dcf72023d1447f09c47d77c99b0c49659e5ce
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2012-2744

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2012-08-09

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-2744?

CVE-2012-2744 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . CVE-2012-2744 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-2744?

CVE-2012-2744 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2012-2744?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2012-2744. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2012-2744 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2012-2744 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.