CVE-2004-2013 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2004-2013?

CVE-2004-2013 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 10 May 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Integer overflow in the SCTP_SOCKOPT_DEBUG_NAME SCTP socket option in socket.c in the Linux kernel 2.4.25 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via an optlen value of -1, which causes kmalloc to allocate 0 bytes of memory.

Weakness: CWE-190

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-2013?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2004-2013?

No fix has been published for CVE-2004-2013 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2004-2013 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-2013 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8hcc-583p-2372.