{"cve":"CVE-2013-2017","nvd":{"published":"2013-05-03T11:57:45.790","modified":"2026-06-16T23:52:35.527","status":"Modified","description":"The veth (aka virtual Ethernet) driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.34 does not properly manage skbs during congestion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging lack of skb consumption in conjunction with a double-free error.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.34","http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6ec82562ffc6f297d0de36d65776cff8e5704867","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/10","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957705","https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ec82562ffc6f297d0de36d65776cff8e5704867"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:29:16.037019470+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2013-2017","score":0.04189,"percentile":0.90937,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}