VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-4512
Buffer overflow in the exitcode_proc_write function in arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging root privileges for a write operation.
MEDIUM 4.7EPSS 0.48%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer overflow in the exitcode_proc_write function in arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging root privileges for a write operation.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.7 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=201f99f170df14ba52ea4c52847779042b7a623b
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/04/22
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63510
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/201f99f170df14ba52ea4c52847779042b7a623bExploit, Patch
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.12.bz2Patch
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=201f99f170df14ba52ea4c52847779042b7a623b
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/04/22
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63510
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/201f99f170df14ba52ea4c52847779042b7a623bExploit, Patch
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.12.bz2Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.