VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-1797

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.89%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-03-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers use of a guest physical address (GPA) in (1) movable or (2) removable memory during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME kvm_set_msr_common operation.

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