6.2
MEDIUM
CVE-2013-1773
Linux VFAT Filesystem Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 28, 2013, 7:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 4:41 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

1.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2013-1773 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux
2 Redhat enterprise_mrg
1 Linux linux_kernel

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2013-1773 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd [No Types Assigned]
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 15, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 08, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58200 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2013

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.07 }} 0.00%

score

0.28965

percentile

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