What is CVE-2013-2239?

CVE-2013-2239 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-2013-2239 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-2239?

CVE-2013-2239 has a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-2239?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-2239. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2013-2239 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-2239 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-2013-2239

Medium

vzkernel before 042stab080.2 in the OpenVZ modification for the Linux kernel 2.6.32 does not initialize certain length variables, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via (1) a crafted ploop driver ioctl call, related to the ploop_getdevice_ioc function in drivers/block/ploop/dev.c, or (2) a crafted quotactl system call, related to the compat_quotactl function in fs/quota/quota.c.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-11-12

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

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-264

CVE-2013-2239 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-2013-2239 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/04/9
Wiki
http://wiki.openvz.org/Download/kernel/rhel6-testing/042stab080.2
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766
Bugs
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475762
Debian Security
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2239

Details

CVE ID CVE-2013-2239

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.7 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2013-11-12

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-2239?

CVE-2013-2239 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-2013-2239 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-2239?

CVE-2013-2239 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:C/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-2239?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-2239. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2013-2239 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2013-2239 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 →