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CVE-2012-6545

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6545 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Bluetooth RFCOMM implementation of the Linux kernel, affecting versions prior to 3.6, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This low-severity vulnerability allows local attackers to potentially obtain sensitive kernel memory information through a crafted application. The attack requires medium complexity and only impacts confidentiality, with no known public exploits, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.5.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.9LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-348.12.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-431.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-6545Low

Kernel: Bluetooth: RFCOMM - information leak

Aug 15, 2012

References

git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/9344a972961d1a6d2c04d9008b13617bcb6ec2ef
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/9ad2de43f1aee7e7274a4e0d41465489299e344b
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/f9432c5ec8b1e9a09b9b0e5569e3c73db8de432a
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
Patch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1805-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1808-1