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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.2/10
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23248/
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.3.bz2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/26/8
- http://www.osvdb.org/88310
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58200
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916115
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0744.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23248/
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.3.bz2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/26/8
- http://www.osvdb.org/88310
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58200
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916115
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0720a06a7518c9d0c0125bd5d1f3b6264c55c3dd
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 28, 2013
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified