What is CVE-2013-2188?

CVE-2013-2188 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, classified as a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control flaw (CWE-264). CVE-2013-2188 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-2188?

CVE-2013-2188 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-2013-2188?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-2188. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2013-2188 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-2188 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control (CWE-264)?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

CVE-2013-2188

Medium

A certain Red Hat patch to the do_filp_open function in fs/namei.c in the kernel package before 2.6.32-358.11.1.el6 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle failure to obtain write permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging access to a filesystem that is mounted read-only.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-07-16

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-264

CVE-2013-2188 is a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control vulnerability

What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2013-2188 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975406

Details

CVE ID CVE-2013-2188

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.7 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2013-07-16

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-2188?

CVE-2013-2188 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10 , classified as a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control flaw (CWE-264) . CVE-2013-2188 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-2188?

CVE-2013-2188 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-2013-2188?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-2188. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2013-2188 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2013-2188 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control (CWE-264)?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. View CWE-264 on MITRE CWE →