CVE-2013-4483
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
The ipc_rcu_putref function in ipc/util.c in the Linux kernel before 3.10 does not properly manage a reference count, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or system crash) via a crafted application.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (42th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4348)
- Published
- November 4, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4348 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6062a8dc0517bce23e3c2f7d2fea5e22411269a3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/30/4(Patch)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1024854(Patch)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6062a8dc0517bce23e3c2f7d2fea5e22411269a3(Exploit, Patch)
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.10.bz2(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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