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Case File

CVE-2012-6712

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 2.97% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-07-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

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-2012-6712
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
2.97%
Linux

Original NVD Description

In the Linux kernel before 3.4, a buffer overflow occurs in drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-sta.c, which will cause at least memory corruption.