CVE-2013-2899 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 4.7 Published Updated

A physically proximate attacker can cause a denial of service via a crafted device in the Linux kernel HID subsystem when the PicoLCD driver is enabled.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-2899?

CVE-2013-2899 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 13 Sep 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_PICOLCD is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and OOPS) via a crafted device.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2899?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2899?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2013-2899 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2899 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2899, GHSA-qpqr-vff3-mpj9.

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