What is CVE-2013-7348?

CVE-2013-7348 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10. CVE-2013-7348 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-7348?

CVE-2013-7348 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-7348?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-7348. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2013-7348 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-7348 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2013-7348

Medium

Double free vulnerability in the ioctx_alloc function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving an error condition in the aio_setup_ring function.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2014-04-01

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.6

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2013-7348 is classified as CWE-399

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2013-7348 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.4
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/31/10
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d558023207e008a4476a3b7bb8706b2a2bf5d84f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d558023207e008a4476a3b7bb8706b2a2bf5d84f
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2013-7348

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.6 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2014-04-01

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-7348?

CVE-2013-7348 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10 . CVE-2013-7348 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-7348?

CVE-2013-7348 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-7348?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-7348. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2013-7348 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2013-7348 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.