Security Advisory

CVE-2013-2852

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2013-06-07 10:00:00

Last updated 2024-08-06 15:52:20

Assigner Chrome

CVSS score not scored

State PUBLISHED

Description

Format string vulnerability in the b43_request_firmware function in drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c in the Broadcom B43 wireless driver in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and including format string specifiers in an fwpostfix modprobe parameter, leading to improper construction of an error message.

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