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CVE-2013-4515
The bcm_char_ioctl function in drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not initialize a certain data structure,…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.45%
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- redhat
Description
The bcm_char_ioctl function in drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmchar.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via an IOCTL_BCM_GET_DEVICE_DRIVER_INFO ioctl call.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% 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 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (17)
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0247 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2073-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.12.bz2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2076-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2069-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2070-1 (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=8d1e72250c847fa96498ec029891de4dc638a5ba (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2066-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2071-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131104 Re: some unstracked linux kernel security fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-2074-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8d1e72250c847fa96498ec029891de4dc638a5ba (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2068-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0204 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2072-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2075-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2067-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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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