Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

5 Linux Kernel CVEs in January 2013

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In January 2013, 5 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated High severity and 4 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. January's 5 CVEs represent 2% of all 2013 Linux kernel CVEs , down from December's 7 (a 29% month-over-month decrease) .

5
Total CVEs
0
Critical
0
High
4
Medium
1
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — January 2013 5 CVEs
All (5) Critical (0) High (0) Medium (4) Low (1)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2012-2137 linux Medium 6.9 2013-01-22 Buffer overflow in virt/kvm/irq_comm.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.2.24 allows local users to cau…
CVE-2012-2119 linux Medium 5.2 2013-01-22 Buffer overflow in the macvtap device driver in the Linux kernel before 3.4.5, when running in certain configurations, …
CVE-2012-3364 linux Medium 5.0 2013-01-22 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the Near Field Communication Controller Interface (NCI) in the Linux kernel be…
CVE-2012-2372 linux Medium 4.4 2013-01-22 The rds_ib_xmit function in net/rds/ib_send.c in the Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) protocol implementation in the Lin…
CVE-2012-4461 linux Low 1.9 2013-01-22 The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.6.9, when running on hosts that use qemu userspace without XSAVE, allows…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in January 2013?

5 Linux kernel CVEs were published in January 2013, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 0 High, and 4 Medium.

How does January 2013 compare to other months?

January 2013's 5 CVEs represent 2% of all 2013 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to December's 7 CVEs, this was a 29% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2013 breakdown →

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