{"id":"CVE-2013-2017","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-2017","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:57:48.565Z","title":"The veth (aka virtual Ethernet) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly manage skbs during congestion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging lack of skb consumption in conjunction with…","description":"The veth (aka virtual Ethernet) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly manage skbs during congestion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging lack of skb consumption in conjunction with a double-free error.","published":"2013-05-03T11:57:46.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:52:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-399"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.04189,"percentile":0.90867,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.19%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6ec82562ffc6f297d0de36d65776cff8e5704867","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/10","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957705","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ec82562ffc6f297d0de36d65776cff8e5704867","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K39655464","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6ec82562ffc6f297d0de36d65776cff8e5704867","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/10","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957705","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ec82562ffc6f297d0de36d65776cff8e5704867","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K39655464","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2017","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}