CVE-2013-1848

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-03-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

fs/ext3/super.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 uses incorrect arguments to functions in certain circumstances related to printk input, which allows local users to conduct format-string attacks and possibly gain privileges via a crafted application.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 3.8.3; 3.8.0, 3.8.1, 3.8.2

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d0c2d10dd72c5292eda7a06231056a4c972e4cc
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/8
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1811-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1

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