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CVE-2012-1568 Details

Description

The ExecShield feature in a certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and 6 and Fedora 15 and 16 does not properly handle use of many shared libraries by a 32-bit executable file, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by leveraging a predictable base address for one of these libraries.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/3	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804947	CVE
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2012/03/some-random-observations-on-linux-aslr.html	CVE
https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=302a4fc15aebf202b6dffd6c804377c6058ee6e4	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/4	CVE
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/21/3	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804947	[email protected]
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2012/03/some-random-observations-on-linux-aslr.html	[email protected]
https://oss.oracle.com/git/?p=redpatch.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=302a4fc15aebf202b6dffd6c804377c6058ee6e4	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/20/4	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
fedoraproject fedora	15 16
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux	5 6.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 22, 2019	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Mar 1, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]