$ cve CVE-2012-6712 JSON

CVE-2012-6712

9.8

CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3% (pctl 87)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

In the Linux kernel before 3.4, a buffer overflow occurs in drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-sta.c, which will cause at least memory corruption.

CVSS	9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	2.97% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-119
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	none known
Published	2019-07-27
Last modified	2026-06-16

Vendor	Product
linux	linux kernel