What is CVE-2013-1929?

CVE-2013-1929 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10, classified as a Buffer Overflow flaw (CWE-119). CVE-2013-1929 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-1929?

CVE-2013-1929 has a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-1929?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-1929. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2013-1929 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-1929 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CVE-2013-1929

Medium

Heap-based buffer overflow in the tg3_read_vpd function in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted firmware that specifies a long string in the Vital Product Data (VPD) data structure.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2013-06-07

Last modified 2026-04-29

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.4

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness type

CWE-119

CVE-2013-1929 is a Buffer Overflow vulnerability

What is Buffer Overflow?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2013-1929 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Cansecwest
http://cansecwest.com/slides/2013/PrivateCore%20CSW%202013.pdf

Exploit
Lists
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101836.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00003.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-09/msg00004.html
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00129.html
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1645.html
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.6
Mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/06/3
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1834-1
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1835-1
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1836-1
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1838-1
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=949932
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/715230a44310a8cf66fbfb5a46f9a62a9b2de424
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2013-1929

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.4 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2013-06-07

Modified 2026-04-29

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-1929?

CVE-2013-1929 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10 , classified as a Buffer Overflow flaw (CWE-119) . CVE-2013-1929 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-1929?

CVE-2013-1929 has a CVSS score of 4.4 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-1929?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2013-1929. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2013-1929 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2013-1929 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. View CWE-119 on MITRE CWE →