CVE-2013-2094

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-09-15. Federal remediation due 2022-10-06.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

47.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 98.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2013-05-14 20:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2013-02-19

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-189
• CWE-1285Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in InputBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

63c6bb09648da59b5b185866f83c0849fab60e63d9e8a7f95e8fa946b482357e

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• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:176http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
• lkml.indiana.edu[linux-kernel] 20130413 Re: sw_perf_event_destroy() oops while fuzzinghttp://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/04302.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lkml.indiana.edu[linux-kernel] 20130412 sw_perf_event_destroy() oops while fuzzinghttp://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1304.1/03652.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.centos.org[CentOS-announce] 20130517 CESA-2013:0830 Important CentOS 6 kernel Updatehttp://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019733.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962792x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02fx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-1828-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1828-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.centos.org[CentOS-announce] 20130515 CentOS-6 CVE-2013-2094 Kernel Issuehttp://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-May/019729.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-1827-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1827-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-1836-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8176cced706b5e5d15887584150764894e94e02fx_refsource_CONFIRM
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• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/121616/semtex.cx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0925http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• twitter.comhttp://twitter.com/djrbliss/statuses/334301992648331267x_refsource_MISC
• www.reddit.comhttp://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/1eb9iwx_refsource_MISC
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1042http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-1825-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1825-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0951http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00009.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2094government-resource