CVE-2013-3236
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The vmci_transport_dgram_dequeue function in net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not properly initialize a certain length variable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-3174)
- Published
- April 22, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-3174 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=680d04e0ba7e926233e3b9cee59125ce181f66ba
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/22/11
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/22/13
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/22/14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/22/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/23/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59391
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/83698
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/680d04e0ba7e926233e3b9cee59125ce181f66ba(Vendor Advisory)
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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