CVE-2012-0875

SystemTap 1.7, 1.6.7, and probably other versions, when unprivileged mode is enabled, allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (kernel panic and crash) via vectors related to crafted DWARF data, which triggers a read of an invalid pointer.

Published: 2014-02-04 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-0875 is rated Low Risk (27.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-0875

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.04% -0.99%
3 2023-02-13 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-0875

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 7.8 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-0875

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-0875

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2012-0875 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (systemtap), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0875
gentoo normal CVE-2012-0875: 1 GLSA(s) (201406-04), 1 atom(s) (dev-util/systemtap); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-0875
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0875
ubuntu low CVE-2012-0875 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (systemtap), 17 status rows across 17 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 10, ignored 5, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0875

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-0875

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
systemtap systemtap 1.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
systemtap systemtap 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:systemtap:systemtap:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-0875

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