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CVE-2013-2929

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2929 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel before version 3.12.2, specifically affecting the ptrace functionality. It allows local users to bypass ptrace restrictions or extract sensitive information from IA64 scratch registers through a specially crafted application. With a CVSS score of 3.3, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.12.1CPE 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

3.3LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0065 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 747 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 0.2 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 (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-371.6.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Long LifeFixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-348.39.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-431.5.1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-123.13.1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.8.13-rt27.33.el6rt
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2929Low

kernel: exec/ptrace: get_dumpable() incorrect tests

Nov 7, 2013

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0100.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0159.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1252
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/d049f74f2dbe71354d43d393ac3a188947811348
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.54
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.2
securityfocus.com / bid/64111
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2070-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2075-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2109-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2110-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2111-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2112-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2114-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2115-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2116-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2128-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2129-1