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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:09:16.917Z

Reserved: 2015-10-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-7445

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-10-16T01:59:00.120

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2013-7445

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-10-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-7445 - Bugzilla

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