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CVE-2013-7281

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-7281 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically within the dgram_recvmsg function in net/ieee802154/dgram.c, affecting versions prior to 3.12.4. This flaw allows local users to extract sensitive information from kernel stack memory through various recv* system calls due to improper initialization of a data structure. With a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N), it is a local attack with low complexity, resulting in a complete confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, indicating a low current exploitation risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.12.3CPE 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

4.9MEDIUM

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
0.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0048 is in the 73rd 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 (3)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: realtime-kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-7281Low

Kernel: net: leakage of uninitialized memory to user-space via recv syscalls

Nov 18, 2013

References

git.kernel.org
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/90222
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/bceaa90240b6019ed73b49965eac7d167610be69
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/11/28/13
securityfocus.com / bid/64747
securitytracker.com / id/1029566
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2107-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2108-1
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-2135-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2136-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2138-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2139-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2141-1