CVE-2013-7027

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-12-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The ieee80211_radiotap_iterator_init function in net/wireless/radiotap.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not check whether a frame contains any data outside of the header, which might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) via a crafted header.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 3.11.6; 3.0-rc1, 3.0-rc2, 3.0-rc3, 3.0-rc4, 3.0-rc5, 3.0-rc6 (+264)

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f5563318ff1bde15b10e736e97ffce13be08bc1a
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00045.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/55606
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.7
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64013
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029413
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2066-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2067-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2068-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2069-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2071-1

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