CVE-2013-2852

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-134 Format String Vulnerability

Publication date:

07/06/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

Format string vulnerability in the b43_request_firmware function in drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c in the Broadcom B43 wireless driver in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and including format string specifiers in an fwpostfix modprobe parameter, leading to improper construction of an error message.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

6.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	2.6.12 (including)	3.0.83 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.1 (including)	3.2.47 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.3 (including)	3.4.50 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.5 (including)	3.9.7 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::-:::
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:::::::*

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CVE-2013-2852

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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