# CVE-2013-5933: Stack-based buffer overflow in the sub_E110 function in init in a certain configuration of Android 2.3.7 on the Motorola Defy XT phone for R


- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Sep 2013
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hm7j-97xp-p534

## What is CVE-2013-5933?

CVE-2013-5933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 25 Sep 2013. 

### Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the sub_E110 function in init in a certain configuration of Android 2.3.7 on the Motorola Defy XT phone for Republic Wireless allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) by writing a long string to the /dev/socket/init_runit socket that is inconsistent with a certain length value that was previously written to this socket.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5933?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Google Android, Motorola Defy Xt.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-5933?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-5933 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-5933 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5933 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2024-32896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32896/): Android Pixel Privilege Escalation (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-5933 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-5933 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 25 Sep 2013. 
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5933 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Google Android. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5933/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-5933/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-5933
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-5933
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-5933

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