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CVE-2013-4587
Array index error in the kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5…
High7.2EPSS 0.53%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
Array index error in the kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a large id value.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (19)
- USN-2135-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0247 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2138-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2113-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2141-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131212 Re: [vs-plain] kvm issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.54 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2110-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2129-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2136-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2128-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2139-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2117-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2109-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0204 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030986 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0205 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338c7dbadd2671189cec7faf64c84d01071b3f96 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/338c7dbadd2671189cec7faf64c84d01071b3f96 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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