{"cve":"CVE-2012-2119","nvd":{"published":"2013-01-22T23:55:01.057","modified":"2026-06-16T23:41:01.777","status":"Modified","description":"Buffer overflow in the macvtap device driver in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5, when running in certain configurations, allows privileged KVM guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long descriptor with a long vector length.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=814278","http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b92946e2919134ebe2a4083e4302236295ea2a73","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html","http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=133455718001608&w=2","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0743.html"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:27:27.940201468+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-2119","score":0.00713,"percentile":0.53658,"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."]}