How severe is CVE-2013-2851?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of MEDIUM with a CVSS score of 6 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2013-2851?

This is classified as CWE-134, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2013-2851

MEDIUM Year: 2013

CVSS v2 Score

6.0

Medium

Weakness Type

CWE-134

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Vulnerability Description

Format string vulnerability in the register_disk function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and writing format string specifiers to /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array in order to create a crafted /dev/md device name.

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