CVE-2013-0871
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 1.4%EU EUVD
Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_SETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptrace_death.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-362
- EPSS score
- 1.4% (73th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-0882)
- Published
- February 18, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-0882 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9899d11f654474d2d54ea52ceaa2a1f4db3abd68
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0567.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0661.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0662.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0695.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2632
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/15/16
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1736-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1737-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1738-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1739-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1740-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1741-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1742-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1743-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1744-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1745-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911937
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9899d11f654474d2d54ea52ceaa2a1f4db3abd68
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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