CVE-2013-1773 EXPLOIT
6.2
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1% (pctl 63)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.2 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 1.04% — more likely to be exploited than 63% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2013-02-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel |
| redhat | enterprise linux |
| redhat | enterprise mrg |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Google Android Kernel 2.6 - Local Denial of Service Crash (PoC) | 2012-12-09 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23248/
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.3.bz2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/26/8
- http://www.osvdb.org/88310
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58200
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916115
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23248/
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.3.bz2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/26/8
- http://www.osvdb.org/88310
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58200
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