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CVE-2012-6111

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6111 describes a high-severity vulnerability in gnome-keyring where the gnome_keyring_lock_all_sync function fails to properly discard stored secrets, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information. This flaw has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high impact on confidentiality with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_keyring:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gnome_keyring:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0154 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2012-6111
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2012-6111
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/01/17/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory