Vulnerability record

CVE-2013-2597

Code Aurora ACDB Audio Driver Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Severity: HighExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run ACDB Audio Driver, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by Oct 6, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the acdb_ioctl function in audio_acdb.c in the acdb audio driver for the Linux kernel 2.6.x and 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to gain privileges via an application that leverages /dev/msm_acdb access and provides a large size value in an ioctl argument.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorSource
ACDB Audio DriverCode AuroraKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2013-2597 scored CVSS 8.4: Code Aurora ACDB Audio Driver, Code Aurora ACDB Audio Driver Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched ACDB Audio Driver systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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References

  • web.archive.org https://web.archive.org/web/20161226013354/https:/www.codeaurora.org/news/security-advisories/stack-based-buff…
  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2597
  • codeaurora.org https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/stack-based-buffer-overflow-acdb-audio-driver-cve-2013…
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2597