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CVE-2013-0914

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-0914 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically in the flush_signal_handlers function, affecting versions prior to 3.8.4. It allows local users to bypass Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) by preserving the sa_restorer field across an exec operation. With a CVSS score of 3.6, this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.6LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-358.114.1.openstack.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-348.12.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-358.14.1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.6.11.2-rt33.39.el6rt
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-0914Low

Kernel: sa_restorer information leak

Mar 11, 2013

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/2ca39528c01a933f6689cd6505ce65bd6d68a530
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/03/11/8
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1787-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1788-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1792-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1793-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1794-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1795-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1796-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1797-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1798-1