Buffer overflow in the VFAT filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a VFAT write operation on a filesystem with the utf8 mount option, which is not properly handled during UTF-8 to UTF-16 conversion.
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2668-1 linux-2.6 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-1798 Buffer overflow in the VFAT filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.3 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (system crash) via a VFAT write operation on a filesystem with the utf8 mount option, which is not properly handled during UTF-8 to UTF-16 conversion.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1756-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1760-1 Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1775-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1776-1 Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1778-1 Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T15:13:32.804Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-1773

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-02-28T19:55:01.667

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2013-1773

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2012-12-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-1773 - Bugzilla

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