CVE-2013-3301

Exp

The ftrace implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability for write access to the (1) set_ftrace_pid or (2) set_graph_function file, and then making an lseek system call.

Published: 2013-04-29 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-3301 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.98%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-3301

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
38465 exploit_db edb 2013-04-15 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-3301

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 0.51% 0.98% +0.48%
2 2026-04-15 0.37% 0.51% +0.13%
3 2025-12-14 — 0.37% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-3301

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-3301

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-3301

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2013-3301 low 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-2013-3301
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3301
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-3301 medium priority: Ubuntu including 32 source packages (linux, linux-2.6, …), 383 status rows across 15 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 274, released 40, ignored 37, not-affected 32. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-3301

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-3301

Impact: Per https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3301 "This issue affects the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 may address this issue."

Comment: Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html 'CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-3301

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 3.1, < 3.2.44 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 3.3, < 3.4.49 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 3.5, < 3.8.8 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_mrg 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:-:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:vmware:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-3301

URL Tags
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6a76f8c0ab19f215af2a3442870eeb5f0e81998d Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.8 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/15/1 Mailing List
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1834-1 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1835-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952197 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6a76f8c0ab19f215af2a3442870eeb5f0e81998d Exploit
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