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CVE-2012-3510

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3510 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the xacct_add_tsk function of the Linux kernel (before version 2.6.19). This flaw allows local users to potentially access sensitive kernel memory or trigger a denial of service through a taskstats TASKSTATS_CMD_ATTR_PID command. With a CVSS score of 5.6, it has a low attack complexity and requires local access, with potential impacts being partial confidentiality and complete availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.18.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
7.8
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-308.16.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3510Moderate

kernel: taskstats: use-after-free in xacct_add_tsk()

Oct 30, 2006

References

ftp.osuosl.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19
git.kernel.org
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1323.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/50811
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/f0ec1aaf54caddd21c259aea8b2ecfbde4ee4fb9
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/12
securityfocus.com / bid/55144
securitytracker.com / id