CVE-2013-5419

medium
Published 2013-10-04 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in (1) mkque and (2) mkquedev in bos.rte.printers in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1 allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging printq group membership.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cmdque_advisory.asc

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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