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CVE-2013-2896

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2896 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's HID subsystem, specifically affecting versions through 3.11 when CONFIG_HID_NTRIG is enabled. An attacker with physical proximity can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and system crash (OOPS) using a specially crafted device. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7, indicating a medium attack complexity and a high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no known exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.11CPE 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
30.6%
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 48th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 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 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.8.13-rt14.25.el6rt
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2896Moderate

Kernel: HID: ntrig: NULL pointer dereference

Aug 29, 2013

References

marc.info
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/08/28/13
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1490.html
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1995-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1998-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2019-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2021-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2022-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2024-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2038-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2039-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2050-1