CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-2852

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2013-06-07 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2013-06-07
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-134

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.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.12 < 3.0.83) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.1 < 3.2.47) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.4.50) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.5 < 3.9.7) • debian debian linux 6.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 10.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 12.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 13.04

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String weakness

References