What is CVE-2013-0313?

CVE-2013-0313 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.2 out of 10. CVE-2013-0313 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-0313?

CVE-2013-0313 has a CVSS score of 6.2 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-0313?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-0313. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2013-0313 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-0313 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2013-0313

Medium

The evm_update_evmxattr function in security/integrity/evm/evm_crypto.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5, when the Extended Verification Module (EVM) is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via an attempted removexattr operation on an inode of a sockfs filesystem.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-02-22

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

6.2

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2013-0313 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-3.7.5
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/20/16
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=913266
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a67adb997419fb53540d4a4f79c6471c60bc69b6
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a67adb997419fb53540d4a4f79c6471c60bc69b6
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2013-0313

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.2 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2013-02-22

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-0313?

CVE-2013-0313 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.2 out of 10 . CVE-2013-0313 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-0313?

CVE-2013-0313 has a CVSS score of 6.2 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-0313?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-0313. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2013-0313 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2013-0313 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.