CVE-2013-4587

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4587
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-14 18:08:45 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionArray index error in the kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a large id value.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2014:0205-1: important: kernel to 3.11.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
USN-2139-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2135-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.54 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Mailing List, VDB Entry
USN-2129-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bug 1030986 – CVE-2013-4587 kernel: kvm: rtc_status.dest_map out-of-bounds access af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-2113-1: Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2136-1: Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2128-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2141-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2117-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2109-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: [vs-plain] kvm issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
openSUSE-SU-2014:0247-1: moderate: kernel update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-2138-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org Broken Link
USN-2110-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2014:0204-1: important: kernel: security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
KVM: Improve create VCPU parameter (CVE-2013-4587) · torvalds/linux@338c7db · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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