CVE-2013-4587

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

14/12/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		3.2.54 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.3 (including)	3.4.75 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.5 (including)	3.10.25 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.11 (including)	3.12.6 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:::::::*

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CVE-2013-4587

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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