CVE-2013-1929

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the tg3_read_vpd function in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted firmware that specifies a long string in the Vital Product Data (VPD) data structure.

Risk Information

Base Score

7.1

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.122

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Linux kernel (USN-1833-1) linux-image-3.2.0-44-generic_3.2.0-44.69_i386.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-1833-1) linux-image-3.2.0-44-generic_3.2.0-44.69_amd64.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-1833-1) linux-image-3.2.0-44-virtual_3.2.0-44.69_i386.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-1833-1) linux-image-3.2.0-44-virtual_3.2.0-44.69_amd64.deb	Linux
Linux kernel (USN-1833-1) linux-image-3.2.0-44-generic-pae_3.2.0-44.69_i386.deb	Linux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Quantal (USN-1834-1) linux-image-3.5.0-31-generic_3.5.0-31.52~precise1_i386.deb	Linux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Quantal (USN-1834-1) linux-image-3.5.0-31-generic_3.5.0-31.52~precise1_amd64.deb	Linux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234