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CVE-2012-0875

MEDIUM

5.4

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0600%

EPSS Percentile15.12th

PublishedFeb 4, 2014

Last ModifiedApr 29, 2026

Vulnerability Description

SystemTap 1.7, 1.6.7, and probably other versions, when unprivileged mode is enabled, allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (kernel panic and crash) via vectors related to crafted DWARF data, which triggers a read of an invalid pointer.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

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Systemtap

Systemtap

= 1.6.7

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Systemtap

Systemtap

= 1.7

References & Advisories

🔗 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00057.html

🔗 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/6987

🔗 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0376.html

🔗 http://securitytracker.com/id?1026777

🔗 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13714

🔗 http://sourceware.org/git/?p=systemtap.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=64b0cff3b

🔗 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00057.html

🔗 http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/6987

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