What is CVE-2013-2015?

CVE-2013-2015 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10. CVE-2013-2015 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-2015?

CVE-2013-2015 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-2015?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-2015. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2013-2015 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-2015 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2013-2015

Medium

The ext4_orphan_del function in fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.3 does not properly handle orphan-list entries for non-journal filesystems, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system hang) via a crafted filesystem on removable media, as demonstrated by the e2fsprogs tests/f_orphan_extents_inode/image.gz test.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-04-29

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.7

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2013-2015 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-2013-2015 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00038.html
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.3
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/26/16
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957123
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0e9a9a1ad619e7e987815d20262d36a2f95717ca
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0e9a9a1ad619e7e987815d20262d36a2f95717ca
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2013-2015

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.7 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2013-04-29

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-2015?

CVE-2013-2015 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10 . CVE-2013-2015 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-2015?

CVE-2013-2015 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-2015?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-2015. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2013-2015 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2013-2015 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.