UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7263
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
Upstream
Published: 06 Jan 2014, 00:00
Last modified:04 Feb 2026, 03:12
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100 CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
06 Jan 2014, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Feb 2026, 03:12
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
The Linux kernel before 3.12.4 updates certain length values before ensuring that associated data structures have been initialized, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call, related to net/ipv4/ping.c, net/ipv4/raw.c, net/ipv4/udp.c, net/ipv6/raw.c, and net/ipv6/udp.c.
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux
< 3.12.0-7.15 | < 4.2.0-16.19
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1002.2 | < 4.4.0-1001.10
- ubuntu•linux-gke
< 4.4.0-1003.3
- ubuntu•linux-hwe
< 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic
< 3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2
- ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid
< 3.19.0-18.18~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-wily
< 4.2.0-18.22~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.2.0-1013.19
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1012.12
References (18)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7263
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bceaa90240b6019ed73b49965eac7d167610be69
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1035875
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/28/13
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=bceaa90240b6019ed73b49965eac7d167610be69
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2107-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2108-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2109-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2110-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2113-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2117-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2135-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2136-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2138-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2139-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2141-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7263