CVE-2012-2313

Exp

The rio_ioctl function in drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c in the Linux kernel before 3.3.7 does not restrict access to the SIOCSMIIREG command, which allows local users to write data to an Ethernet adapter via an ioctl call.

Published: 2012-06-13 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2313 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2012-2313

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2313

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 2025-03-30 0.73% 0.17% -0.57%
2 2025-03-29 0.17% 0.73% +0.57%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.17% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2313

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.2 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 1.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2313

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2313

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-2313 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2313
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2313
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-2313 medium priority: Ubuntu including 30 source packages (linux, linux-armadaxp, …), 353 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 244, not-affected 46, released 42, ignored 21. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2313

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2313

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel <= 3.3.6 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 3.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 3.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 3.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 3.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 3.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 3.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 3.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 3.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 3.3.4 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel 3.3.5 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
novell suse_linux_enterprise_server 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:10.0:sp4:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 5 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:client:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 5.6.z cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:5.6.z:*:server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_long_life 5.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_long_life:5.6:*:server:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 6.1.z cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.1.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 6.2.z cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.2.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2313

URL Tags
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1bb57e940e1958e40d51f2078f50c3a96a9b2d75
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1174.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1481.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1541.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1589.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.3.7 Release Notes
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/8 Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53965 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=818820 Issue Tracking
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1bb57e940e1958e40d51f2078f50c3a96a9b2d75 Exploit Patch
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