CVE-2013-2597

codeaurora android-msm

Published 31 Aug 2014 · updated 16 Jun 2026 · Analyzed

8.4 High · CVSS 3.1, CISA ADP

Exploited in the wild

CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 15 Sept 2022, with a remediation deadline of 6 Oct 2022 for US federal agencies.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the acdb_ioctl function in audio_acdb.c in the acdb audio driver for the Linux kernel 2.6.x and 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to gain privileges via an application that leverages /dev/msm_acdb access and provides a large size value in an ioctl argument.

References

www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/stack-based-buffer-overflow-acdb-audio-driver-cve-2013-2597 · Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2597 · US Government Resource