CVE-2013-2852
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.01% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 62.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-06-07 10:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 15:52Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-04-11
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 318312c2a0b7f58e4fceb7d16ddd81ee329aaa440248d13383265af0eb698f36
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1919-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1919-1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless.git/commit/?id=9538cbaab6e8b8046039b4b2eb6c9d614dc782bd
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1899-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1899-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1051http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2013:1473http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1920-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1920-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1915-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1915-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-2766http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2766
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:1971http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1918-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1918-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1930-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1930-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1917-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1917-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1916-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1916-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:1450http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1450.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969518
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130606 Linux kernel format string flawshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/06/13
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1900-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1900-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1914-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1914-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.9.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.9.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.9.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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