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CVE-2013-3234

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-3234 is a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel, specifically within the rose_recvmsg function in net/rose/af_rose.c. This flaw allows local users to extract sensitive data from kernel stack memory due to an uninitialized data structure, triggered by crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system calls. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the primary impact being confidentiality. 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
31.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 56th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-3234Low

Kernel: rose: info leak via msg_name in rose_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
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/4a184233f21645cf0b719366210ed445d1024d72
lkml.org / lkml/2013/4/14/107
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1837-1