CVE-2013-1798

Published Mar 22, 2013

Last updated 2 years ago

Overview

Description: The ioapic_read_indirect function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel through 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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.2
Impact score: 9.2
Exploitability score: 3.2
Vector string: AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Configurations

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Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

References