CVE-2012-0207

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0207
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-05-17 11:00:36 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe igmp_heard_query function in net/ipv4/igmp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and panic) via IGMP packets.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-369 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
igmp: Avoid zero delay when receiving odd mixture of IGMP queries · torvalds/linux@25c413a · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2012-0207 kernel: igmp: Avoid zero delay when receiving odd mixture of IGMP queries af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
772867 – (CVE-2012-0207) CVE-2012-0207 kernel: igmp: Avoid zero delay when receiving odd mixture of IGMP queries af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
igmp: Avoid zero delay when receiving odd mixture of IGMP queries · torvalds/linux@a8c1f65 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
#654876 - CVE-2012-0207: divide error and panic when receiving mixed IGMP queries - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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