How severe is CVE-2013-6282?

CVE-2013-6282 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 39.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2013-6282: Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-09-15

Remediation due

2022-10-06

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8404663f81d212918ff85f493649a7991209fa04; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6282

Description

The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addresses, which allows attackers to read or modify the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild against Android devices in October and November 2013.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

8 Links

Vendor advisories

USN-2067-1

Exploits & PoCs

40975

Mailing lists

[oss-security] 20131114 CVE-2013-6282 - linux kernel: missing access checks in get_user/put_user on ARM

Vulnerability databases

63734

Other references

Record Details

Published

2013-11-19

Last updated

2025-10-22

Assigner (CNA)

mitre

Credited to

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