VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-4508
CVSS score1.9 LOW
EPSS probability0.29%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-12-21
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
Race condition in fs/ext4/extents.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.16 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from a deleted file by reading an extent that was not properly marked as uninitialized.
Weakness classification
- CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')