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CVE-2017-13686

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-13686 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel versions 4.13-rc1 through 4.13-rc6, specifically in the net/ipv4/route.c component. It stems from a NULL pointer dereference when processing crafted system calls, allowing local users to crash the system. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it did not affect any stable kernel releases.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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-2017-13686Moderate

kernel: NULL pointer dereference due to late check for a NULL fi field when RTM_F_FIB_MATCH is set

Aug 16, 2017

References

git.kernel.org / cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/bc3aae2bbac46dd894c89db5d5e98f7f0ef9e205
PatchThird Party Advisory