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CVE-2013-2239

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

vzkernel before 042stab080.2 in the OpenVZ modification for the Linux kernel 2.6.32 does not initialize certain length variables, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via (1) a crafted ploop driver ioctl call, related to the ploop_getdevice_ioc function in drivers/block/ploop/dev.c, or (2) a crafted quotactl system call, related to the compat_quotactl function in fs/quota/quota.c.

Key facts

CVSS score
4.7 (v2.0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
0.4% (29th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2013-2190)
Published
November 12, 2013
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-2190 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • openvz / vzkernel

References

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

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