CVE-2013-2852 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-2852?

CVE-2013-2852 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, 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

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.

Weakness: CWE-134

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2852?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2852?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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

Is CVE-2013-2852 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-2852 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2852, GHSA-jrj6-vfj7-prcf.