CVE-2013-2850

high
Published 2013-06-07 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.9
VIR risk
7.9

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the iscsi_add_notunderstood_response function in drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_parameters.c in the iSCSI target subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and OOPS) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long key that is not properly handled during construction of an error-response packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2850

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.9.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.9.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.9.4-1
debian debiansidfixed3.9.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.9.4-1
linux linux-kernelaffected3.2.47

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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