CVE-2013-2852

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-2852
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerChrome
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-06-07 14:03:20 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionFormat 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-134 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1900-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-1899-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Linux kernel format string flaws af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
USN-1919-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-1915-1: Linux kernel (Quantal HWE) vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2766-1 linux-2.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
kernel/git/linville/wireless.git - Wireless tree for feeding the net tree. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2013:1971-1: moderate: kernel: security and bugfix update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
USN-1917-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-1920-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-1916-1: Linux kernel (Raring HWE) vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:1473-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-1930-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-1918-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-1914-1: Linux kernel vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Bug 969518 – CVE-2013-2852 kernel: b43: format string leaking into error msgs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
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