VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-4312

CVSS score6.2 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.60%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-02-08
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Primary references