Buffer overflow in Linux Kernel
CVE-2013-1773
Buffer overflow in the VFAT filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a VFAT write operation on a filesystem with the utf8 mount option, which is not properly handled during UTF-8 to UTF-16 conversion.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (62.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 62.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Mrg — versions 2.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/26/8 (mailing-list)
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd
- git.kernel.org/
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23248/ (exploit)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.3.bz2
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/58200 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/88310 (vdb-entry)