ubuntu-cve-2013-4512
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2013-11-12 14:35
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details
Buffer overflow in the exitcode_proc_write function in arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging root privileges for a write operation.
Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"details": "Buffer overflow in the exitcode_proc_write function in arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging root privileges for a write operation.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4512",
"modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:19Z",
"published": "2013-11-12T14:35:00Z",
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"type": "REPORT",
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"withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:55Z"
}
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