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.
CVE-2013-1797
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
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- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 55.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 22, 2013
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (32)
- secalert@redhathttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0b79459b482e85cb7426aa7da683a9f2c97aeae1
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- secalert@redhathttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0727.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0746.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/9
- secalert@redhathttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1
- secalert@redhathttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1
- secalert@redhathttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917013
Patch Availability(9)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-image-3.5.0-28-generic (3.5.0-28.48~precise1) @ precise | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-3.2.0-41-highbank (3.2.0-41.66) @ precise | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-3.5.0-28-omap (3.5.0-28.48) @ quantal | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-3.2.0-1430-omap4 (3.2.0-1430.39) @ precise | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-0:2.6.32-220.39.1.el6 | 2013-07-09 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:2.6.32-279.31.1.el6 | 2013-06-11 | redhat |
| redhat | rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.4-20130415.0.el6_4 | 2013-04-23 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:2.6.32-358.6.1.el6 | 2013-04-23 | redhat |
| redhat | kvm-0:83-262.el5_9.3 | 2013-04-09 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
All Vendor Advisories
(9)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0727IMPORTANT2013-03-20
RHSA-2013:0727 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0744IMPORTANT2013-03-20
RHSA-2013:0744 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0746IMPORTANT2013-03-20
RHSA-2013:0746 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0928IMPORTANT2013-03-20
RHSA-2013:0928 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2013:1026IMPORTANT2013-03-20
RHSA-2013:1026 — Important
- UbuntuUSN-1809-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-1811-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-1812-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-1813-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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- 2026-05-29 00:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-29 00:31 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-29 00:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-05-28 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
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