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CVE-2013-1943

CVSS v3.1 7.8 (High)
78% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.4 (Medium)
44% Progress
EPSS 0.09 % (41th)
0.09% Progress
Affected Products 4
Advisories 6
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The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.0 does not check whether kernel addresses are specified during allocation of memory slots for use in a guest's physical address space, which allows local users to gain privileges or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted application, related to arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h and virt/kvm/kvm_main.c.

Weaknesses
CWE-20
Improper Input Validation
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2013-07-16 14:08:50
(11 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-13 04:42:18
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Canonical

Linux

Redhat

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 3.0 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 3.0

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.2
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 6.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.3

Configuration #3

    CPE23 From Up To
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-