{"id":"CVE-2013-6432","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-6432","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:53:08.450Z","title":"The ping_recvmsg function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 does not properly interact with read system calls on ping sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by…","description":"The ping_recvmsg function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 does not properly interact with read system calls on ping sockets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging unspecified privileges to execute a crafted application.","published":"2013-12-09T18:55:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:00:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.6,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00475,"percentile":0.40796,"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 (0.47%). 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=cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00003.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/06/6","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039046","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00003.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/06/6","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039046","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf970c002d270c36202bd5b9c2804d3097a52da0","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6432","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."}