CVE-2013-2850
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 7.3% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-2789)
- Published
- June 7, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-2789 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cea4dcfdad926a27a18e188720efe0f2c9403456
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00011.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00018.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/01/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1844-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1845-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1846-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1847-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968036
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cea4dcfdad926a27a18e188720efe0f2c9403456
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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