CVE-2013-1929

Heap-based buffer overflow in the tg3_read_vpd function in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 allows physically proximate…

published June 7, 2013

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
52.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Heap-based buffer overflow in the tg3_read_vpd function in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted firmware that specifies a long string in the Vital Product Data (VPD) data structure.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00690 · 52.2th percentile
Published
2013-06-07T10:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 JUN 10:00Z
    Heap-based buffer overflow in the tg3_read_vpd function in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 allows physically proximate…
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