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CVE-2013-1059

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1059 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Ceph network file system component (net/ceph/auth_none.c) affecting versions through 3.10, including Canonical and Ubuntu Linux distributions. This critical vulnerability, rated 7.8 CVSS, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a system crash (denial of service) by sending a specially crafted auth_reply message. While the vulnerability is severe and easily exploitable over the network, 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
< 3.0.86CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.1, < 3.2.49CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.3, < 3.4.53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.5, < 3.9.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0455 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1059Important

Kernel: libceph: Fix NULL pointer dereference in auth client code

Jul 1, 2013

References

hkpco.kr / advisory/CVE-2013-1059.txt
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00012.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / attachment.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/07/09/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1941-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1942-1
Third Party Advisory