VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2013-1773
CVSS score6.2 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.04%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-02-28
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer