What is CVE-2013-4162?

CVE-2013-4162 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10. CVE-2013-4162 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-4162?

CVE-2013-4162 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-2013-4162?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2013-4162 patch availability.

Is CVE-2013-4162 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-4162 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2013-4162

Medium

The udp_v6_push_pending_frames function in net/ipv6/udp.c in the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel through 3.10.3 makes an incorrect function call for pending data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (BUG and system crash) via a crafted application that uses the UDP_CORK option in a setsockopt system call.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-07-29

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-2013-4162 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2013-4162

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.7 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2013-07-29

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-4162?

CVE-2013-4162 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 out of 10 . CVE-2013-4162 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-4162?

CVE-2013-4162 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-2013-4162?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2013-4162 patch availability.
Is CVE-2013-4162 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2013-4162 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.