CVE-2013-6763
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (51th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-6565)
- Published
- November 12, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-6565 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7314e613d5ff9f0934f7a0f74ed7973b903315d1(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/04/22(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2064-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2065-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2066-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2067-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2068-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2069-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2070-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2071-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2072-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2073-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2074-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2075-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2076-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7314e613d5ff9f0934f7a0f74ed7973b903315d1(Exploit, Patch)
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.12.bz2(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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