CVE-2013-2239

vzkernel before 042stab080.2 in the OpenVZ modification for the Linux kernel 2.6.32 does not initialize certain length variables, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory via (1) a crafted ploop driver ioctl call, related to the ploop_getdevice_ioc function in drivers/block/ploop/dev.c, or (2) a crafted quotactl system call, related to the compat_quotactl function in fs/quota/quota.c.

Published: 2013-11-12 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-2239 is rated Low Risk (28.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-2239

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.16% 0.35% +0.19%
2 2025-06-10 0.08% 0.16% +0.08%
3 2025-03-17 0.08%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-2239

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.7 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.4 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-2239

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-2239

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-2239 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2239
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2239

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-2239

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openvz vzkernel 2.6.32 cpe:2.3:o:openvz:vzkernel:2.6.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-2239

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