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CVE-2013-2232

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2232 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel before version 3.10, specifically within the ip6_sk_dst_check function. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system by attempting to connect an AF_INET6 socket to an IPv4 interface. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, leading to a complete system availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.9.9CPE 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

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0056 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (5)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-358.118.1.openstack.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-348.16.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-358.18.1.el6
View patch
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-2013-2232Moderate

Kernel: ipv6: using ipv4 vs ipv6 structure during routing lookup in sendmsg

Mar 29, 2013

References

git.kernel.org
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
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1166.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1173.html
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/a963a37d384d71ad43b3e9e79d68d42fbe0901f3
ExploitPatch
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.10.bz2
Patch
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2766
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/07/02/5
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1912-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1913-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1938-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1941-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1942-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1943-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1944-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1945-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1946-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1947-1