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CVE-2013-2850

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2850 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the iSCSI target subsystem of the Linux kernel, affecting versions through 3.9.4. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (memory corruption and OOPS) or potentially execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.9, indicating high severity with an adjacent network attack vector and medium attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it is not on the KEV catalog, and there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.1, < 3.2.47CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.3, < 3.4.48CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.5, < 3.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.9HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
5.5
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0731 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 239 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 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-2013-2850Important

kernel: iscsi-target: heap buffer overflow on large key error

May 30, 2013

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00017.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00011.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00018.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/cea4dcfdad926a27a18e188720efe0f2c9403456
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/06/01/2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1844-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1845-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1846-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1847-1