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CVE-2013-3230

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-3230 is a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel before version 3.9-rc7. It stems from an uninitialized structure member in the l2tp_ip6_recvmsg function, allowing local users to extract sensitive information from kernel stack memory. With a CVSS score of 4.9, this vulnerability is of low severity, requiring local access and low attack complexity to achieve a complete confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low likelihood of real-world exploitation.

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
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-3230Low

Kernel: l2tp: info leak in l2tp_ip6_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-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/b860d3cc62877fad02863e2a08efff69a19382d2
Vendor Advisory
lkml.org / lkml/2013/4/14/107
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1837-1