CVE-2013-1929 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1929?

CVE-2013-1929 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Jun 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1929?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1929?

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-2013-1929 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1929 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1929, GHSA-w3j5-8m88-j68f.