CVE-2013-1872: canonical ubuntu_linux

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-1872 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 19-08-2013
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Intel drivers in Mesa 8.0.x and 9.0.x allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (reachable assertion and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors involving 3d graphics that trigger an out-of-bounds array access, related to the fs_visitor::remove_dead_constants function. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2013-0796.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.