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CVE-2012-0875 (GCVE-0-2012-0875)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-02-04 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 18:38
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Summary
SystemTap 1.7, 1.6.7, and probably other versions, when unprivileged mode is enabled, allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory or cause a denial of service (kernel panic and crash) via vectors related to crafted DWARF data, which triggers a read of an invalid pointer.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2012-02-02 00:00
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