What is CVE-2011-3593?

CVE-2011-3593 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.7 out of 10. CVE-2011-3593 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-3593?

CVE-2011-3593 has a CVSS score of 5.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-3593?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-3593. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2011-3593 actively exploited?

CVE-2011-3593 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2011-3593

Medium

A certain Red Hat patch to the vlan_hwaccel_do_receive function in net/8021q/vlan_core.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via priority-tagged VLAN frames.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-06-08

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.7

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2011-3593 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2011-3593 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Details

CVE ID CVE-2011-3593

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.7 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2013-06-08

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-3593?

CVE-2011-3593 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.7 out of 10 . CVE-2011-3593 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2011-3593?

CVE-2011-3593 has a CVSS score of 5.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2011-3593?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2011-3593. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2011-3593 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2011-3593 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.