CVE-2012-0056
linux linux kernel: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The mem_write function in the Linux kernel before 3.2.2, when ASLR is disabled, does not properly check permissions when writing to /proc/<pid>/mem, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying process memory, as demonstrated by Mempodipper.
- EPSS
- 11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 95% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel