What is CVE-2013-1797?

CVE-2013-1797 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8 out of 10. CVE-2013-1797 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-1797?

CVE-2013-1797 has a CVSS score of 6.8 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-1797?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2013-1797 patch availability.

Is CVE-2013-1797 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-1797 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2013-1797

Medium

Use-after-free vulnerability in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel through 3.8.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted application that triggers use of a guest physical address (GPA) in (1) movable or (2) removable memory during an MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME kvm_set_msr_common operation.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-03-22

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

6.8

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2013-1797 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2013-1797

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.8 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2013-03-22

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-1797?

CVE-2013-1797 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8 out of 10 . CVE-2013-1797 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-1797?

CVE-2013-1797 has a CVSS score of 6.8 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-1797?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2013-1797 patch availability.
Is CVE-2013-1797 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2013-1797 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.