CVE-2013-2596

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

3.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 87.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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

2013-04-13 01:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2013-03-15

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6b4137995948f3895cc42d0ddbf8a19e30cefcc56dd6adcfb283caafd598bfea

• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0695http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0695.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securityfocus.com59264http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59264vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.droid-life.comhttp://www.droid-life.com/2013/04/09/root-method-released-for-droid-razr-hd-running-android-4-1-2-other-devices-too/x_refsource_MISC
• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:176http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
• marc.info[linux-kernel] 20130417 Device driver memory 'mmap()' function helper cleanuphttp://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=136616837923938&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b4cbb197c7e7a68dbad0d491242e3ca67420c13ex_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b4cbb197c7e7a68dbad0d491242e3ca67420c13ex_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0803http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0803.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• forum.xda-developers.comhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255491x_refsource_MISC
• www.droidrzr.comhttp://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/15208-root-motochopper-yet-another-android-root-exploit/x_refsource_MISC
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0782http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761x_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fc9bbca8f650e5f738af8806317c0a041a48ae4ax_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fc9bbca8f650e5f738af8806317c0a041a48ae4ax_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2596government-resource