CVE-2013-1860 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1860?

CVE-2013-1860 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 22 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the wdm_in_callback function in drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted cdc-wdm USB device.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1860?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1860?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2013-1860 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1860 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1860, GHSA-fw94-fp28-prw3.