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CVE-2013-3224

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-3224 is a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel prior to version 3.9-rc7. It stems from improper initialization of a length variable in the bt_sock_recvmsg function, allowing local users to expose sensitive kernel stack memory via crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system calls. With a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring local access and low attack complexity to achieve a complete confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 57th 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-358.114.1.openstack.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-348.12.1.el5
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-2013-3224Low

Kernel: Bluetooth: possible info leak in bt_sock_recvmsg()

Apr 7, 2013

References

git.kernel.org
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00016.html
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
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/4683f42fde3977bdb4e8a09622788cc8b5313778
lkml.org / lkml/2013/4/14/107
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1837-1