CVE-2013-4312

The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor…

published February 8, 2016

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
47.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor over a UNIX socket before closing it, related to net/unix/af_unix.c and net/unix/garbage.c.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00595 · 47.8th percentile
Published
2016-02-08T02:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 FEB 02:00Z
    The Linux kernel before 4.4.1 allows local users to bypass file-descriptor limits and cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending each descriptor…
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