6.9 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
25.5%
Format string vulnerability in the b43_request_firmware function in drivers/net/wireless/b43/main.c in the Broadcom B43 wireless driver in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and including format string specifiers in an fwpostfix modprobe parameter, leading to improper construction of an error message.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | linux | <Â 3.9.8-1 | linux_3.9.8-1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | linux | <Â 3.9.8-1 | linux_3.9.8-1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | linux | <Â 3.9.8-1 | linux_3.9.8-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | linux | <Â 3.9.8-1 | linux_3.9.8-1_all.deb |