UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2888

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2888

    Published: 16 Sept 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-2888
    Aliases:
    USN-1976-1
    USN-1977-1
    USN-1995-1

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple array index errors in drivers/hid/hid-core.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11 allow physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted device that provides an invalid Report ID.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2888, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/28/13, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1976-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1977-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1995-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1998-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2019-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2021-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2022-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2024-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2038-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2039-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2050-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2888

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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