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CVE-2013-6763
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…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.63%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 49% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.63% · top 49% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
17
- USN-2065-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2073-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7314e613d5ff9f0934f7a0f74ed7973b903315d1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.12.bz2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2076-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2069-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2070-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2066-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2071-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131104 Re: some unstracked linux kernel security fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2074-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7314e613d5ff9f0934f7a0f74ed7973b903315d1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2068-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2072-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2075-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2067-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2064-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-6565 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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