CVE-2013-1763
Array index error in the __sock_diag_rcv_msg function in net/core/sock_diag.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.10 allows local users to gain…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 4.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Array index error in the __sock_diag_rcv_msg function in net/core/sock_diag.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.10 allows local users to gain privileges via a large family value in a Netlink message.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 4 Exploit-DB entries for it. 3 references of the record are tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits7
Exploit-DB4 entries
- Linux Kernel < 3.5.0-23 (Ubuntu 12.04.2 x64) - 'SOCK_DIAG' SMEP Bypass Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 44299local, linux_x86-64published 26 Aug 2015Not verified
- Linux Kernel 3.7.10 (Ubuntu 12.10 x64) - 'sock_diag_handlers' Local Privilege Escalation (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24746local, linux_x86-64published 13 Mar 2013Not verified
- Linux Kernel 3.3.x < 3.7.x (Arch Linux x86-64) - 'sock_diag_handlers[]' Local Privilege Escalation (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24555local, linux_x86-64published 27 Feb 2013Not verified
- Linux Kernel 3.3 < 3.8 (Ubuntu / Fedora 18) - 'sock_diag_handlers()' Local Privilege Escalation (3) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33336local, linuxpublished 24 Feb 2013Verified
References tagged exploit3 references
- 33336 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 24746 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 24555 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
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- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=915052 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6e601a53566d84e1ffd25e7b6fe0b6894ffd79c0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130225 Re: CVE Request: kernel - sock_diag: Fix out-of-bounds access to sock_diag_handlers[] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-1750-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 33336 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130224 Re: CVE Request: kernel - sock_diag: Fix out-of-bounds access to sock_diag_handlers[] (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0395 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 24746 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1749-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 24555 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6e601a53566d84e1ffd25e7b6fe0b6894ffd79c0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1751-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-1789 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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