CVE-2013-2224: redhat enterprise_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-2224 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in redhat enterprise_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4Timeline
- 04-07-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A certain Red Hat patch for the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid free operation and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a sendmsg system call with the IP_RETOPTS option, as demonstrated by hemlock.c. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2012-3552.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.36%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
30%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.36% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat1 product
- enterprise_linuxEOL6.0
1 vendor · 1 product
References
5 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979936X Refsource CONFIRM