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CVE-2013-4312
The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by…
Medium6.2EPSS 0.60%
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- redhat
Description
The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.60% · top 51% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (20)
- RHSA-2016:0855 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2967-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.4.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1297813 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3503 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2967-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2584 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2574 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 82986 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-2929-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2932-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-5d43766e33 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4312 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2931-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3448 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=712f4aad406bb1ed67f3f98d04c044191f0ff593 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2929-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-2f25d12c51 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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