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CVE-2012-6548

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6548 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel's UDF filesystem component (udf_encode_fh function) affecting versions prior to 3.6. A local attacker can exploit this flaw to read sensitive data from kernel heap memory due to an uninitialized structure member. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.9, indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity and a partial impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 80th 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: OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-358.114.1.openstack.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-358.14.1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-6548Low

Kernel: udf: information leak on export

Aug 15, 2012

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/0143fc5e9f6f5aad4764801015bc8d4b4a278200
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.6.bz2
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/03/05/13
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1805-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1808-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1809-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1811-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1812-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1813-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1814-1