CVE-2012-3364

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    CVE-2012-3364

    Published: 22 Jan 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Near Field Communication Controller Interface (NCI) in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via incoming frames with crafted length fields.

    References: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/67de956ff5dc1d4f321e16cfbd63f5be3b691b43, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=67de956ff5dc1d4f321e16cfbd63f5be3b691b43, http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=134030878917784&w=2, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1529-1, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.4.5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/27/9

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High