CVE-2013-1797 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel (through version 3.8.4) specifically within the KVM virtualization component. This flaw allows a malicious guest OS user to trigger host OS memory corruption, leading to a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts, by manipulating guest physical addresses during a KVM MSR operation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a high severity with an adjacent network attack vector and high attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has received no community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not actively exploited or widely known.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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