{"cve":"CVE-2012-1568","nvd":{"published":"2013-03-01T05:40:15.067","modified":"2026-06-16T23:39:44.677","status":"Modified","description":"The ExecShield feature in a certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6 and Fedora 15 and 16 does not properly handle use of many shared libraries by a 32-bit executable file, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by leveraging a predictable base address for one of these libraries.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/3","http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2012/03/some-random-observations-on-linux-aslr.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/4","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804947","https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=302a4fc15aebf202b6dffd6c804377c6058ee6e4"],"products":["fedoraproject:fedora","redhat:enterprise_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:27:27.940201468+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-1568","score":0.00361,"percentile":0.29918,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}