CVE-2013-1798 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1798?

CVE-2013-1798 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ioapic_read_indirect function in virt/kvm/ioapic.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not properly handle a certain combination of invalid IOAPIC_REG_SELECT and IOAPIC_REG_WINDOW operations, which allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from host OS memory or cause a denial of service (host OS OOPS) via a crafted application.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1798?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1798?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2013-1798 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1798 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1798, GHSA-2r7v-v86r-776v.