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CVE-2013-3235

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-3235 is a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel before version 3.9-rc7. It stems from uninitialized data structures and length variables in the net/tipc/socket.c component, allowing local users to extract sensitive information from kernel stack memory through 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 requires 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
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 51st 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-348.12.1.el5
View patch
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-3235Low

Kernel: tipc: info leaks via msg_name in recv_msg/recv_stream

Apr 7, 2013

References

git.kernel.org
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/60085c3d009b0df252547adb336d1ccca5ce52ec
Vendor Advisory
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