goodix_tool.c in the Goodix gt915 touchscreen driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android…

Description

goodix_tool.c in the Goodix gt915 touchscreen driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, relies on user-space length values for kernel-memory copies of procfs file content, which allows attackers to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via an application that provides crafted values.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.24% · top 85% 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-362 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-362 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (3)

• [oss-security] 20131108 Advisory report - Multiple memory corruption and race condition in Goodix gt915 Android touchscreen driver (CVE-2013-4740 & CVE-2013-6122) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/multiple-memory-corruption-issues-and-race-condition-goodix-gt915-touchscreen-driver-procfs-handler (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://www.codeaurora.org/cgit/quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit/?id=f53bcf29a6e7a66b3d935b8d562fa00829261f05 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2013-4740](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2013-4740.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2013-4740)

Record last updated 17 Sept 2024, 00:46 UTC.