Is CVE-2013-3301 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-3301 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-3301?

CVE-2013-3301 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2013-3301

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD

The ftrace implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for write access to the (1) set_ftrace_pid or (2) set_graph_function file, and then making an lseek system call.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS score: 1.0% (63th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-3237)
Published: April 29, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-3237 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

linux / linux kernel
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise mrg
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise high availability extension
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a76f8c0ab19f215af2a3442870eeb5f0e81998d(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.8(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/15/1(Mailing List)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1834-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1835-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952197(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6a76f8c0ab19f215af2a3442870eeb5f0e81998d(Exploit)

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

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