What is CVE-2013-6381?

CVE-2013-6381 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10, classified as a Buffer Overflow flaw (CWE-119). CVE-2013-6381 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-6381?

CVE-2013-6381 has a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-6381?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-6381. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2013-6381 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-6381 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CVE-2013-6381

Medium

Buffer overflow in the qeth_snmp_command function in drivers/s390/net/qeth_core_main.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via an SNMP ioctl call with a length value that is incompatible with the command-buffer size.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-11-27

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

6.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-119

CVE-2013-6381 is a Buffer Overflow vulnerability

What is Buffer Overflow?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2013-6381 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0159.html

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0284.html

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0285.html

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/22/5

Mailing List
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63890

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033600

Issue Tracking
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fb392b1a63ae36c31f62bc3fc8630b49d602b62
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6fb392b1a63ae36c31f62bc3fc8630b49d602b62
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2013-6381

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.9 / 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-2013-6381?

CVE-2013-6381 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10 , classified as a Buffer Overflow flaw (CWE-119) . CVE-2013-6381 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-6381?

CVE-2013-6381 has a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-6381?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-6381. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2013-6381 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2013-6381 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. View CWE-119 on MITRE CWE →