CVE-2013-2016

Publication date 30 December 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

A flaw was found in the way qemu v1.3.0 and later (virtio-rng) validates addresses when guest accesses the config space of a virtio device. If the virtio device has zero/small sized config space, such as virtio-rng, a privileged guest user could use this flaw to access the matching host's qemu address space and thus increase their privileges on the host.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
kvm 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
qemu 13.10 saucy
Not affected
13.04 raring Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
qemu-kvm 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
xen-3.1 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
xen-3.2 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
xen-3.3 13.10 saucy Not in release
13.04 raring Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

introduced in 1.3.0+ low because of mmap_min_addr

Patch details

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Package Patch details
qemu-kvm

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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