CVE-2013-1773

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1773
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-02-28 19:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0 rc7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.18 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.19 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.20 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.21 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.22 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.23 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.24 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.25 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.26 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.27 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.28 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.29 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.30 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.31 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.32 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.33 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.34 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.35 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.36 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.37 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.38 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.39 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.40 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.41 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.42 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.43 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.44 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.0.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.1.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2 rc7 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.18 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.19 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.20 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.21 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.22 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.23 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.24 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.25 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.26 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.27 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.28 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.29 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.30 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.2.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.3 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.3 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.3 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.3 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.3 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 3.3 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All rc7 All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Android Kernel 2.6 - Local DoS Crash PoC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request - Linux kernel: VFAT slab-based buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
Linux Kernel VFAT Filesystem Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
NLS: improve UTF8 -> UTF16 string conversion routine · torvalds/linux@0720a06 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
www.osvdb.org/88310 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.3.bz2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
916115 – (CVE-2013-1773) CVE-2013-1773 kernel: VFAT slab-based buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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