Buffer overflow vulnerability in Linux kernel drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_priv.c

CVE-2013-4514 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Multiple buffer overflows in drivers/staging/wlags49_h2/wl_priv.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12 allow local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and providing a long station-name string, related to the (1) wvlan_uil_put_info and (2) wvlan_set_station_nickname functions.

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