VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-5375
CVSS score4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-02-18
Last modified2026-06-16
Description
The CRC32C feature in the Btrfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8-rc1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of file creation) by leveraging the ability to write to a directory important to the victim, and creating a file with a crafted name that is associated with a... .