{"id":"CVE-2013-3230","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-3230","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:53:50.095Z","title":"The l2tp_ip6_recvmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom…","description":"The l2tp_ip6_recvmsg function in net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c in the Linux kernel before 3.9-rc7 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via a crafted recvmsg or recvfrom system call.","published":"2013-04-22T11:41:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:54:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-200"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.0037,"percentile":0.30672,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b860d3cc62877fad02863e2a08efff69a19382d2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b860d3cc62877fad02863e2a08efff69a19382d2","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b860d3cc62877fad02863e2a08efff69a19382d2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/103750.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/104480.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/14/3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1837-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b860d3cc62877fad02863e2a08efff69a19382d2","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/14/107","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3230","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."}