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CVE-2025-40053: Linux 2.6.12
CVE-2025-40053. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.5 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00629 (percentile 0.48912), scored 14-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 84fd710a704f3d53d4120e452e86cea558cf73a8, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 5aa9b885602811a026a3f45c92ea2b4b04c54f09, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 9d49e4b14609e1a20d931e718962c4b6b5485174, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before ea87151df398d407a632c7bf63013290f01c5009, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 7ed5010fef0930f4322d620052edc854ef3ec41f, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before fd7b6b2c920d7fd370a612be416a904d6e1ebe55, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 8169a6011c5fecc6cb1c3654c541c567d3318de8
Linux
Linux · 2.6.12
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/net/ethernet/dlink/dl2k.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.5/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 30.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00629 · percentile 0.48912 · 2026-10-14
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 22:58:54.984414+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-40053.html