What is CVE-2013-6378?

CVE-2013-6378 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10. CVE-2013-6378 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-6378?

CVE-2013-6378 has a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-6378?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2013-6378 patch availability.

Is CVE-2013-6378 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-6378 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2013-6378

Medium

The lbs_debugfs_write function in drivers/net/wireless/libertas/debugfs.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) by leveraging root privileges for a zero-length write operation.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-11-27

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.4

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:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-189

CVE-2013-6378 is classified as CWE-189

See CWE-189 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2013-6378

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.4 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2013-11-27

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-6378?

CVE-2013-6378 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10 . CVE-2013-6378 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-6378?

CVE-2013-6378 has a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-6378?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2013-6378 patch availability.
Is CVE-2013-6378 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2013-6378 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.