CVE-2013-1827 Null dereference in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1827?

CVE-2013-1827 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

net/dccp/ccid.h in the Linux kernel before 3.5.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a certain (1) sender or (2) receiver getsockopt call.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1827?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1827?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-1827 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1827 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• 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

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1827, GHSA-q6m9-q5p3-3c36.