CVE-2012-6545
The Bluetooth RFCOMM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not properly initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Bluetooth RFCOMM implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not properly initialize certain structures, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 31th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- redhat/enterprise linux · linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9344a972961d1a6d2c04d9008b13617bcb6ec2ef
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9ad2de43f1aee7e7274a4e0d41465489299e344b
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9432c5ec8b1e9a09b9b0e5569e3c73db8de432a
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9344a972961d1a6d2c04d9008b13617bcb6ec2ef
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9ad2de43f1aee7e7274a4e0d41465489299e344b
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f9432c5ec8b1e9a09b9b0e5569e3c73db8de432a
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9344a972961d1a6d2c04d9008b13617bcb6ec2ef
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9ad2de43f1aee7e7274a4e0d41465489299e344b
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9432c5ec8b1e9a09b9b0e5569e3c73db8de432a
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1805-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1808-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9344a972961d1a6d2c04d9008b13617bcb6ec2ef
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9ad2de43f1aee7e7274a4e0d41465489299e344b
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f9432c5ec8b1e9a09b9b0e5569e3c73db8de432a
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.