CVE-2012-4222

drivers/gpu/msm/kgsl.c in the Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Graphics KGSL kernel-mode driver for Android 2.3 through 4.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via an application that uses crafted arguments in a local kgsl_ioctl call.

Published: 2012-11-30 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4222 is rated Low Risk (32.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.22%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4222

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 2025-09-19 0.12% 0.22% +0.10%
2 2025-03-30 0.44% 0.12% -0.33%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.44% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4222

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4222

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4222

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2012-4222 unimportant 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-2012-4222
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4222
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-4222 medium priority: Ubuntu including 13 source packages (linux, linux-armadaxp, …), 78 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): DNE 36, not-affected 26, ignored 16. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4222

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4222

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google android 2.3 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 2.3 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:2.3:rev1:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 2.3.5 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 2.3.6 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 2.3.7 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 3.2.6 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:3.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.0.4 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4222

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