6.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2012-2137

Published: 22/01/2013 Updated: 11/08/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 615
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in virt/kvm/irq_comm.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel prior to 3.2.24 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI), irq routing entries, and an incorrect check by the setup_routing_entry function before invoking the kvm_set_irq function.

Vulnerability Trend

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Vendor Advisories

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Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...