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CVE-2013-4162

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4162 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel through version 3.10.3. A local attacker can trigger a system crash by using a crafted application that leverages the UDP_CORK option in a setsockopt system call, due to an incorrect function call in udp_v6_push_pending_frames. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7, indicating a medium severity with local access and medium attack complexity, leading to a complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.10.3CPE 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

4.7MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 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 0.1 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-0:2.6.32-358.123.4.openstack.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-348.18.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-358.23.2.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.6.11.5-rt37.55.el6rt
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-4162Moderate

Kernel: net: panic while pushing pending data out of a IPv6 socket with UDP_CORK enabled

Jul 1, 2013

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1436.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1460.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1520.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/54148
secunia.com / advisories/55055
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/8822b64a0fa64a5dd1dfcf837c5b0be83f8c05d1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/07/23/9
securityfocus.com / bid/61411
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1938-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1939-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1941-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1942-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1943-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1944-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1945-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1946-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1947-1