Is CVE-2013-4587 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-4587 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-4587?

CVE-2013-4587 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2013-4587

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

Array index error in the kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.12.5 allows local users to gain privileges via a large id value.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 0.5% (45th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-4445)
Published: December 14, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4445 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

linux / linux kernel
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=338c7dbadd2671189cec7faf64c84d01071b3f96(Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00003.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/12/12(Mailing List)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2109-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2110-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1030986(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/338c7dbadd2671189cec7faf64c84d01071b3f96(Patch)
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.2.54(Mailing List, VDB Entry)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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