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CVE-2012-0194

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0194 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the TCP implementation of IBM AIX versions 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1. When the Large Send Offload option is enabled, remote attackers can trigger an assertion failure and system panic through an unspecified series of network packets. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.1, indicating high severity with network accessibility and medium attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0302 is in the 44th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

aix.software.ibm.com / aix/efixes/security/large_send_advisory.asc
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/47865
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/72562
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
securityfocus.com / bid/51864