CVE-2013-4205
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
Memory leak in the unshare_userns function in kernel/user_namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an invalid CLONE_NEWUSER unshare call.
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-399
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4110)
- Published
- August 25, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4110 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6160968cee8b90a5dd95318d716e31d7775c4ef3
- http://twitter.com/grsecurity/statuses/364566062336978944
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/06/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1971-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1974-1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6160968cee8b90a5dd95318d716e31d7775c4ef3(Exploit, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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