CVE-2012-3400

high
Published 2012-10-03 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
7.6

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the udf_load_logicalvol function in fs/udf/super.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UDF filesystem.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
โ€”

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker ยท View original โ†— ยท DFSG

CVE-2012-3400 NameCVE-2012-3400 DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the udf_load_logicalvol function in fs/udf/super.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UDF filesystem. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSEโ€ฆ

CVE-2012-3400

NameCVE-2012-3400
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the udf_load_logicalvol function in fs/udf/super.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted UDF filesystem.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.257-1fixed
bookworm6.1.170-3fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.174-1fixed
trixie6.12.86-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.90-2fixed
forky7.0.9-1fixed
sid7.0.10-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsource(unstable)3.2.23-1
linux-2.6sourcesqueeze2.6.32-36
linux-2.6source(unstable)(unfixed)

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OS impact

linux Linux kernel Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
โ€” Affected 3.0.37
ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
12.04 Affected โ€”
11.04 Affected โ€”
10.04 Affected โ€”
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 3.2.23-1
sid Fixed 3.2.23-1
forky Fixed 3.2.23-1
bullseye Fixed 3.2.23-1
bookworm Fixed 3.2.23-1

References

CWEs

CWE-787

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.