CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-6763

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2013-11-12 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-11-12
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

The uio_mmap_physical function in drivers/uio/uio.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not validate the size of a memory block, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via crafted mmap operations, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-4511.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 3.2.53) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.4.71) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.5 < 3.10.19) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.11.8)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References