CVE-2013-6432
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
The ping_recvmsg function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 does not properly interact with read system calls on ping sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging unspecified privileges to execute a crafted application.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.5% (41th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-6242)
- Published
- December 9, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-6242 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=cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00003.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/06/6(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039046
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0(Exploit, Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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