CVE-2013-0190 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published Updated

Local attackers can crash 32-bit Xen PVOPS guests by triggering an iret fault, causing stack corruption and denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-0190?

CVE-2013-0190 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 13 Feb 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The xen_failsafe_callback function in Xen for the Linux kernel 2.6.23 and other versions, when running a 32-bit PVOPS guest, allows local users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) by triggering an iret fault, leading to use of an incorrect stack pointer and stack corruption.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0190?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0190?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2013-0190 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0190 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0190, GHSA-94hw-6g8m-4wf2.

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