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CVE-2013-7446
Use-after-free vulnerability in net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 allows local users to bypass intended AF_UNIX socket…
Medium5.3EPSS 0.63%
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- mitre
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in net/unix/af_unix.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3.3 allows local users to bypass intended AF_UNIX socket permissions or cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted epoll_ctl calls.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.63% · top 50% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (53)
- SUSE-SU-2016:0750 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/syzkaller/3twDUI4Cpm8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1034557 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0751 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0747 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0755 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1994 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2887-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://forums.grsecurity.net/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4150 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0757 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1961 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [netdev] 20150304 [PATCH net] af_unix: don't poll dead peers (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0753 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2886-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2887-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2890-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7d267278a9ece963d77eefec61630223fce08c6c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2889-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1641 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2889-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0746 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20150913 List corruption on epoll_ctl(EPOLL_CTL_DEL) an AF_UNIX socket (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0749 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.3.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 77638 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20140515 eventpoll __list_del_entry corruption (was: perf: use after free in perf_remove_from_context) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2890-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282688 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2000 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0745 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-3426 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:1995 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151118 Re: CVE request - Linux kernel - Unix sockets use after free - peer_wait_queue prematurely freed (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:2002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [linux-kernel] 20131014 Re: epoll oops. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0756 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7d267278a9ece963d77eefec61630223fce08c6c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2890-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0754 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0752 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2888-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0911 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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