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CVE-2012-3552

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.9 EPSS 2.85% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-10-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2012-3552
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.9
EPSS
2.85%
Linux

Original Filing — NVD Description

Race condition in the IP implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (slab corruption and system crash) by sending packets to an application that sets socket options during the handling of network traffic.