CVE-2013-1860

medium

Published 2013-03-22 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

6.9

VIR risk

6.9

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the wdm_in_callback function in drivers/usb/class/cdc-wdm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted cdc-wdm USB device.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1860

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c0f5ecee4e741667b2493c742b60b6218d40b3aa

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c0f5ecee4e741667b2493c742b60b6218d40b3aa

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
ubuntu	10.04	affected
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	12.10	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`3.2.41-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`3.2.41-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`3.2.41-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`3.2.41-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`3.2.41-1`
linux-kernel		affected	`3.0.70`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.