CVE-2012-3364

critical

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Near Field Communication Controller Interface (NCI) in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via incoming frames with crafted length fields.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/67de956ff5dc1d4f321e16cfbd63f5be3b691b43

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/27/9

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1

http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=134030878917784&w=2

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67de956ff5dc1d4f321e16cfbd63f5be3b691b43

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-01-22

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01565