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CVE-2013-2888
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…
- 6.2MediumCVSS base score
- 0.46%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 60% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References16
- USN-2024-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [linux-input] 20130828 [PATCH 01/14] HID: validate HID report id size (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1490 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-1977-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2039-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2022-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130828 Linux HID security flaws (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1645 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-1995-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2038-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-2766 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2021-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1976-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2019-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-1998-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2050-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-2827 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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