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CVE-2013-6382

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-6382 describes multiple buffer underflows in the XFS file system implementation within the Linux kernel (through version 3.12.1). This flaw allows a local user with CAP_SYS_ADMIN privileges to trigger a denial of service through memory corruption, or potentially other unspecified impacts, by using crafted length values in specific XFS ioctl calls. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the primary impact being a denial of service. 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
<= 3.12.1CPE 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

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0057 is in the 80th 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

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: realtime-kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-6382Low

Kernel: fs: xfs: missing check for ZERO_SIZE_PTR

Nov 22, 2013

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/11/22/5
securityfocus.com / bid/63889
spinics.net / lists/xfs/msg23343.html
ExploitPatch
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2109-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2110-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2113-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2117-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2128-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2129-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2135-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2138-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2139-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2141-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2158-1