What is CVE-2013-0913?

CVE-2013-0913 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10. CVE-2013-0913 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-0913?

CVE-2013-0913 has a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-0913?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-0913. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2013-0913 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-0913 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2013-0913

High

Integer overflow in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the i915 driver in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.8.3, as used in Google Chrome OS before 25.0.1364.173 and other products, allows local users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers many relocation copies, and potentially leads to a race condition.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-03-18

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

7.2

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-189

CVE-2013-0913 is classified as CWE-189

See CWE-189 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2013-0913 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Git
http://git.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=chromiumos/third_party/kernel.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c79efdf2b7f68f985922a8272d64269ecd490477

Third Party Advisory
Googlechromereleases
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/03/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os_15.html

Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/11/6

Mailing List
Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/13/9

Mailing List
Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/22

Mailing List
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1811-1

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1814-1

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920471

Issue Tracking
Code
https://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=39733

Third Party Advisory
Gerrit
https://gerrit.chromium.org/gerrit/45118

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/11/501
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2013-0913

Severity High

CVSS score 7.2 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2013-03-18

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-0913?

CVE-2013-0913 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10 . CVE-2013-0913 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-0913?

CVE-2013-0913 has a CVSS score of 7.2 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-0913?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-0913. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2013-0913 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2013-0913 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.