Is CVE-2013-2188 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-2188 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-2188?

CVE-2013-2188 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.7 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2013-2188

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

A certain Red Hat patch to the do_filp_open function in fs/namei.c in the kernel package before 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle failure to obtain write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to a filesystem that is mounted read-only.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.7 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 0.3% (25th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-2145)
Published: July 16, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-2145 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

redhat / enterprise linux

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975406

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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