CVE-2013-1796
Published Mar 22, 2013
Last updated 2 years ago
Overview
- Description
- The kvm_set_msr_common function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not ensure a required time_page alignment during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME operation, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.8
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.2
- Vector string
- AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-119
Configurations
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