CVE-2013-4515
The bcm_char_ioctl function in drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from
02 Description
The bcm_char_ioctl function in drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from
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
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.4% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2013-11-12 01:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 16:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-06-12
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 65f5e3cf1d5b5d7ed7112f2ae75f2e206821cace35fcae4edaa184f4b78069ce
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0247http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2073-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2073-1
- www.kernel.orghttps://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.12.bz2
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2076-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2076-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2069-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2069-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2070-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2070-1
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d1e72250c847fa96498ec029891de4dc638a5ba
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2066-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2066-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2071-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2071-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20131104 Re: some unstracked linux kernel security fixeshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/04/22
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2074-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2074-1
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8d1e72250c847fa96498ec029891de4dc638a5ba
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2068-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2068-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0204http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2072-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2072-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2075-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2075-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2067-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2067-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.12-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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