CVE-2013-4579 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2013-4579?

CVE-2013-4579 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Nov 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ath9k_htc_set_bssid_mask function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_drv_main.c in the Linux kernel through 3.12 uses a BSSID masking approach to determine the set of MAC addresses on which a Wi-Fi device is listening, which allows remote attackers to discover the original MAC address after spoofing by sending a series of packets to MAC addresses with certain bit manipulations.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4579?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4579?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2013-4579 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-4579 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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• 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

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4579, GHSA-v4p7-4gcw-hc4c.