Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-2894
Published: September 16, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42582
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2894
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
drivers/hid/hid-lenovo-tpkbd.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_LENOVO_TPKBD is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2894
Install update from vendor's website.
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.8.0-33.48
linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.8.0-33.48~precise1
linux-lts-raring (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.8.0-33.48~precise1