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CVE-2013-2148

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2148 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel through version 3.9.4, specifically within the fanotify subsystem. A missing initialization in the fill_event_metadata function allows local users to read sensitive kernel memory. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access for a low-impact information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 32nd 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2148Low

Kernel: fanotify: info leak in copy_event_to_user

Jun 3, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
lkml.org / lkml/2013/6/3/128
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/06/05/26
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1929-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1930-1