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CVE-2013-2015

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2015 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem, specifically affecting the ext4_orphan_del function. This flaw allows physically proximate attackers to cause a system hang by presenting a crafted filesystem on removable media. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.7, it requires local access and medium attack complexity to achieve a complete system availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has garnered some community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.7MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2015Low

Kernel: ext4: hang when mounting non-journal filesystems with orphan list

Dec 27, 2012

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/0e9a9a1ad619e7e987815d20262d36a2f95717ca
Vendor Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/04/26/16