CVE-2013-1827: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

net/dccp/ccid.h in the Linux kernel before 3.5.4 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for a certain (1) sender or (2) receiver getsockopt call.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 3.5.3; version 3.5.1 only; version 3.5.2 only

Published 2013-03-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.