CVE-2013-2897 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2013-2897?

CVE-2013-2897 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 13 Sep 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

Multiple array index errors in drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_MULTITOUCH is enabled, allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption, or NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted device.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2897?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2897?

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-2013-2897 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2897 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
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2897, GHSA-g89c-ppx7-xm6g.