CVE-2013-1773

Buffer overflow in the VFAT filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a VFAT write operation on a filesystem with the utf8 mount option, which is not properly handled during UTF-8 to UTF-16 conversion.

CVSS v2.0

6.2 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 62th percentile

Published

2013-02-28

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23248/

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23248

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2013-1765
• CVE-2013-1775
• CVE-2013-1763
• CVE-2013-1803
• CVE-2013-1748
• CVE-2013-1804