Field Assessment
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Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal
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CVE
CVE-2012-6543
Severity
LOW
CVSS
1.9
EPSS
0.36%
Linux
Original Filing — NVD Description
The l2tp_ip6_getname function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c in the Linux kernel before 3.6 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted application.