6.2
CVSSv2

CVE-2013-1798

Published: 22/03/2013 Updated: 13/02/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.2 | Impact Score: 9.2 | Exploitability Score: 3.2
VMScore: 553
Vector: AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The ioapic_read_indirect function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel up to and including 3.8.4 does not properly handle a certain combination of invalid IOAPIC_REG_SELECT and IOAPIC_REG_WINDOW operations, which allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host OS memory or cause a denial of service (host OS OOPS) via a crafted application.

Vulnerability Trend

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linux linux kernel 3.8.2

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Vendor Advisories

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service, information leak or privilege escalation The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2012-2121 Benjamin Herrenschmidt and Jason Baron discovered issues with the IOMMU mapping of memory slots us ...
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Synopsis Important: kvm security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kvm packages that fix three security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant security impact Common Vulnerability Scori ...
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic Updated kernel packages that fix multiple security issues and several bugsare now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as havingimportant secur ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...