Unscored severity · published Feb 28, 2013
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…
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CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
through 3.3; 3.0; 3.0; 3.0; 3.0; 3.0; +34 more · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EM
Enterprise Mrg · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1773
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1773
git.kernel.org
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html
www.exploit-db.com
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23248/
www.kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.3.bz2
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