CVE-2013-7266 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2013-7266?

CVE-2013-7266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 6 Jan 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The mISDN_sock_recvmsg function in drivers/isdn/mISDN/socket.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.4 does not ensure that a certain length value is consistent with the size of an associated data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a (1) recvfrom, (2) recvmmsg, or (3) recvmsg system call.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-7266?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-7266?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-7266 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-7266 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
• How this page is made

Also known as CVE-2013-6463, DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7266, GHSA-f5jc-78q4-r338.