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CVE-2013-2635

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2635 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically within the rtnl_fill_ifinfo function, affecting versions prior to 3.8.4. This flaw allows local users to potentially extract sensitive data from kernel stack memory due to an uninitialized structure member. With a CVSS score of 1.9, it is considered low severity, requiring local access and moderate attack complexity to achieve a partial confidentiality 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
<= 3.8.3CPE 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

1.9LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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 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-2013-2635Low

kernel: Information leak in the RTNETLINK component

Mar 9, 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/84d73cd3fb142bf1298a8c13fd4ca50fd2432372
Patch
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1809-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1811-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1812-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1813-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1814-1