Buffer overflow in Linux Kernel

CVE-2013-2890

drivers/hid/hid-sony.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_SONY is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (26.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel — versions 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

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