What is CVE-2012-3510?

CVE-2012-3510 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.6 out of 10. CVE-2012-3510 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-3510?

CVE-2012-3510 has a CVSS score of 5.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2012-3510?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2012-3510. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2012-3510 actively exploited?

CVE-2012-3510 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2012-3510

Medium

Use-after-free vulnerability in the xacct_add_tsk function in kernel/tsacct.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a taskstats TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_PID command.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2012-10-03

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.6

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2012-3510 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-2012-3510 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-2.6.19
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50811
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/12
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55144
Securitytracker
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027602
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849722
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2012-3510

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.6 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2012-10-03

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-3510?

CVE-2012-3510 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.6 out of 10 . CVE-2012-3510 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-3510?

CVE-2012-3510 has a CVSS score of 5.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2012-3510?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2012-3510. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2012-3510 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2012-3510 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.