CVE-2013-6282

HIGH8.8⚠ KEVEPSS 67.7%

Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

Published: 11/20/2013Modified: 4/28/2026Added to CISA KEV: 9/15/2022
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6282

Description

The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addresses, which allows attackers to read or modify the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild against Android devices in October and November 2013.

Affected packages (1)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (1)