Format string vulnerability in the b43_request_firmware function in drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c in the Broadcom B43 wireless driver in…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.0% · top 37% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-134 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-134 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (18)

• USN-1919-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless.git/commit/?id=9538cbaab6e8b8046039b4b2eb6c9d614dc782bd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-1899-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:1051 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2013:1473 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-1920-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-1915-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• DSA-2766 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:1971 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• USN-1918-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-1930-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-1917-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-1916-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:1450 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969518 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20130606 Linux kernel format string flaws (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• USN-1900-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-1914-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• 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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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 15:52 UTC.