CVE-2013-0871

medium
Published 2013-02-18 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

Race condition in the ptrace functionality in the Linux kernel before 3.7.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a PTRACE_SETREGS ptrace system call in a crafted application, as demonstrated by ptrace_death.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0871

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
linux linux-kernelaffected3.7.5
debian debianbookwormfixed3.2.39-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.2.39-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.2.39-1
debian debiansidfixed3.2.39-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.2.39-1

References

CWEs

CWE-362

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.