CVE-2013-1797
Linux KVM Use-after-free vulnerability
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers use of a guest physical address (GPA) in (1) movable or (2) removable memory during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME kvm_set_msr_common operation.
INFO
Published Date :
March 22, 2013, 11:59 a.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 13, 2023, 4:41 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.2
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 13, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description CVE-2013-1797 kernel: kvm: after free issue with the handling of MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME Use-after-free vulnerability in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers use of a guest physical address (GPA) in (1) movable or (2) removable memory during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME kvm_set_msr_common operation. Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0727 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0744 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0746 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0928 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1026 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1797 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Use-after-free vulnerability in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers use of a guest physical address (GPA) in (1) movable or (2) removable memory during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME kvm_set_msr_common operation. CVE-2013-1797 kernel: kvm: after free issue with the handling of MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) Removed Reference http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0b79459b482e85cb7426aa7da683a9f2c97aeae1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0928 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1797 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0b79459b482e85cb7426aa7da683a9f2c97aeae1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0727 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0744 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0746 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1026 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Mar. 22, 2013
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-1797 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2013-1797
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.26 }} 0.00%
score
0.62117
percentile