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CVE-2013-7470

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-7470 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel before version 3.11.7, specifically affecting the cipso_v4_validate function when the CONFIG_NETLABEL option is disabled. An unauthenticated attacker could trigger an infinite loop and system crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 5.9 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with high impact on availability, but requiring high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.11.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0254 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-7470Moderate

kernel: disabled CONFIG_NETLABEL in cipso_v4_validate in include/net/cipso_ipv4.h leads to denial of service

Oct 19, 2013

References

cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.7
Vendor Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/f2e5ddcc0d12f9c4c7b254358ad245c9dddce13b
PatchThird Party Advisory
git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
support.f5.com / csp/article/K21914362
arista.com / en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/7098-security-advisory-40