CVE-2013-2852
Broadcom B43 Wireless Driver Format String Privilege Escalation
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.
INFO
Published Date :
June 7, 2013, 2:03 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 2:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.4
Affected Products
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Source Update by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1919-1 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless.git/commit/?id=9538cbaab6e8b8046039b4b2eb6c9d614dc782bd [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1899-1 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1920-1 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1915-1 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1918-1 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1930-1 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1917-1 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1916-1 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1450.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969518 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/13 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1900-1 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1914-1 [No types assigned] Removed Reference Google Inc. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969518 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/13 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless.git/commit/?id=9538cbaab6e8b8046039b4b2eb6c9d614dc782bd Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1918-1 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1916-1 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1899-1 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1917-1 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1915-1 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1900-1 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1914-1 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1919-1 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1930-1 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1450.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1920-1 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 11, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless.git/commit/?id=9538cbaab6e8b8046039b4b2eb6c9d614dc782bd Exploit, Patch http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless.git/commit/?id=9538cbaab6e8b8046039b4b2eb6c9d614dc782bd Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1450.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1450.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/13 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/13 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1899-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1899-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1900-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1900-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1914-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1914-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1915-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1915-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1916-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1916-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1917-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1917-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1918-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1918-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1919-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1919-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1920-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1920-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1930-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1930-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969518 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969518 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.9.4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.12 up to (excluding) 3.0.83 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.1 up to (excluding) 3.2.47 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.3 up to (excluding) 3.4.50 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.5 up to (excluding) 3.9.7 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 18, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1920-1 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 07, 2013
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-2852 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2013-2852
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.02%
score
0.23811
percentile