Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

24 Linux Kernel CVEs in February 2013

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In February 2013, 24 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated High severity and 19 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. February's 24 CVEs represent 12% of all 2013 Linux kernel CVEs , up from January's 5 (a 380% month-over-month increase) .

24
Total CVEs
0
Critical
1
High
19
Medium
4
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — February 2013 24 CVEs
All (24) Critical (0) High (1) Medium (19) Low (4)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2013-1763 linux High 7.2 2013-02-28 Array index error in the __sock_diag_rcv_msg function in net/core/sock_diag.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.10 allows …
CVE-2013-0871 linux Medium 6.9 2013-02-18 Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a…
CVE-2013-0310 linux Medium 6.6 2013-02-22 The cipso_v4_validate function in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4.8 allows local users to cause a …
CVE-2013-0311 linux Medium 6.5 2013-02-22 The translate_desc function in drivers/vhost/vhost.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7 does not properly handle cross-regi…
CVE-2013-1773 linux Medium 6.2 2013-02-28 Buffer overflow in the VFAT filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3 allows local users to gain privile…
CVE-2013-1767 linux Medium 6.2 2013-02-28 Use-after-free vulnerability in the shmem_remount_fs function in mm/shmem.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.10 allows lo…
CVE-2013-0313 linux Medium 6.2 2013-02-22 The evm_update_evmxattr function in security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5, when the Exte…
CVE-2013-0268 linux Medium 6.2 2013-02-18 The msr_open function in arch/x86/kernel/msr.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 allows local users to bypass intended c…
CVE-2013-0217 linux Medium 5.2 2013-02-18 Memory leak in drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c in the Xen netback functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.8 allo…
CVE-2013-0216 linux Medium 5.2 2013-02-18 The Xen netback functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.8 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (loop…
CVE-2013-0290 linux Medium 4.9 2013-02-19 The __skb_recv_datagram function in net/core/datagram.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8 does not properly handle the MSG…
CVE-2012-4398 linux Medium 4.9 2013-02-18 The __request_module function in kernel/kmod.c in the Linux kernel before 3.4 does not set a certain killable attribute…
CVE-2013-0231 linux Medium 4.9 2013-02-13 The pciback_enable_msi function in the PCI backend driver (drivers/xen/pciback/conf_space_capability_msi.c) in Xen for …
CVE-2013-0190 linux Medium 4.9 2013-02-13 The xen_failsafe_callback function in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.23 and other versions, when running a 32-bit PVOPS g…
CVE-2013-0309 linux Medium 4.7 2013-02-22 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h in the Linux kernel before 3.6.2, when transparent huge pages are used, does not properl…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in February 2013?

24 Linux kernel CVEs were published in February 2013, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 1 High, and 19 Medium.

How does February 2013 compare to other months?

February 2013's 24 CVEs represent 12% of all 2013 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to January's 5 CVEs, this was a 380% increase month-over-month. View the full 2013 breakdown →

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