{"cve":"CVE-2013-7421","nvd":{"published":"2015-03-02T11:59:00.053","modified":"2026-06-17T00:01:55.630","status":"Modified","description":"The Crypto API in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5 allows local users to load arbitrary kernel modules via a bind system call for an AF_ALG socket with a module name in the salg_name field, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9644.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-269"],"references":["http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5d26a105b5a73e5635eae0629b42fa0a90e07b7b","http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html","http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170","http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.18.5","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:057"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel","oracle:linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:35:35.528235705+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2013-7421","score":0.0071,"percentile":0.53536,"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."]}