CVE detail
CVE-2013-1796 — CVE-2013-1796
Published 2013-03-22 · Modified 2026-06-16 · Vendor linux · Product linux_kernel · Source nvd
UNKNOWN
severity
CVSS-derived band
0.0095
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
58.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
NOT LISTED
CISA KEV
known exploited catalog
Description
The kvm_set_msr_common function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 does not ensure a required time_page alignment during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME operation, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application.
Remediation
No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.
References