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CVE-2013-2094
CWE-189
Critical
94.9
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted perf_event_open system call.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 8.4
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 47.70%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Sept 2022
- Fix commit
- Fix commit known
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Published
- 14 May 2013
- Last modified 22 Apr 2026
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time