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CVE-2013-1929
Heap-based buffer overflow in the tg3_read_vpd function in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 allows…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.69%
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- redhat
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the tg3_read_vpd function in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted firmware that specifies a long string in the Vital Product Data (VPD) data structure.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.69% · top 47% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (16)
- USN-1834-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949932 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1473 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1645 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-1835-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://cansecwest.com/slides/2013/PrivateCore%20CSW%202013.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-1838-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1971 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-1836-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1474 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-5368 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130405 Re: CVE Request: tg3 VPD firmware -> driver injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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