CVE-2013-1797
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CVE-2013-1797 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. 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.. EPSS estimates a 0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | <= 3.8.4 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 3.8.0 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 3.8.1 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 3.8.2 |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 3.8.3 |
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