Heap-based buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2013-0913
Published: March 18, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42988
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0913
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in Integer overflow in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the i915 driver in the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.8.3, as used in Google Chrome OS before 25.0.1364.173 and other products,. A remote attacker can use a crafted application that triggers many relocation copies to trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2013-0913
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 3.2.0-41.66, 3.5.0-28.48
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.5.0-28.48~precise1
linux-lts-quantal (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.5.0-28.48~precise1
External References
- http://git.chromium.org/gitweb/?p=chromiumos/third_party/kernel.git;a=commit;h=c79efdf2b7f68f985922a8272d64269ecd490477
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/03/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os_15.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00018.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/11/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/13/9
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/22
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1811-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1814-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920471
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium-os/issues/detail?id=39733
- https://gerrit.chromium.org/gerrit/45118
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/3/11/501