CVE-2013-6763

high

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.

References

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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2076-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2075-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2074-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2073-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2072-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2071-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2070-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2069-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2068-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2067-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2066-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2065-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2064-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/04/22

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.12.bz2

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7314e613d5ff9f0934f7a0f74ed7973b903315d1

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2013-6565

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7314e613d5ff9f0934f7a0f74ed7973b903315d1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-11-12

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0002