CVE-2013-6763 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-6763?

CVE-2013-6763 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 12 Nov 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6763?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6763?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6763 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2013-6763 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6763 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

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-683g-4vqr-5fqc.