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CVE-2013-5419

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in (1) mkque and (2) mkquedev in bos.rte.printers in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging printq group membership.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 6.1, 7.1

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cmdque_advisory.asc
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV47427
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV47428
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV47429
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV47430
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87481
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18775
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cmdque_advisory.asc
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV47427
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV47428
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV47429
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV47430

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