CVE-2012-4576

Publication date 2 December 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

FreeBSD: Input Validation Flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
kfreebsd-8	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	13.04 raring	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	11.10 oneiric	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
kfreebsd-8	Upstream: http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-12:08/linux.patch

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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

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