UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7445

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7445

    Published: 16 Oct 2015Last Modified: 14 Oct 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-7445

    Summary:

    Details: The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.x mishandles requests for Graphics Execution Manager (GEM) objects, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an application that processes graphics data, as demonstrated by JavaScript code that creates many CANVAS elements for rendering by Chrome or Firefox.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-7445, https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/dri-devel/2015-September/089778.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7445

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High