VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-2850

CVSS score7.9 HIGH
EPSS probability7.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-06-07
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the iscsi_add_notunderstood_response function in drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c in the iSCSI target subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and OOPS) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long key that is not properly handled during construction of an error-response packet.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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