What is CVE-2013-0217?

CVE-2013-0217 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.2 out of 10. CVE-2013-0217 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-0217?

CVE-2013-0217 has a CVSS score of 5.2 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-0217?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-0217. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2013-0217 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-0217 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2013-0217

Medium

Memory leak in drivers/net/xen-netback/netback.c in the Xen netback functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.8 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering certain error conditions.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-02-18

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.2

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:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2013-0217 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-2013-0217 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.8
Mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/05/12
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910883
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7d5145d8eb2b9791533ffe4dc003b129b9696c48
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7d5145d8eb2b9791533ffe4dc003b129b9696c48
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2013-0217

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.2 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2013-02-18

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-0217?

CVE-2013-0217 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.2 out of 10 . CVE-2013-0217 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-0217?

CVE-2013-0217 has a CVSS score of 5.2 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-0217?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-0217. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2013-0217 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2013-0217 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.