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CVE-2013-4738

Published: Feb 3, 2014Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
NVD MITRE
7.2CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 81.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the MSM camera driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allow attackers to gain privileges via (1) a crafted VIDIOC_MSM_VPE_DEQUEUE_STREAM_BUFF_INFO ioctl call, related to drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/pproc/vpe/msm_vpe.c, or (2) a crafted VIDIOC_MSM_CPP_DEQUEUE_STREAM_BUFF_INFO ioctl call, related to drivers/media/platform/msm/camera_v2/pproc/cpp/msm_cpp.c.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

android-msmcodeaurora
Embedded
Hardware Firmware / cpu-gpu
quic mobile station modem kernelqualcomm
Embedded
Hardware Firmware / cpu-gpu
n/an/a
codeauroraoss-projectHardware Firmwareaka android-msm
qualcommcommercialUSHardware Firmwareaka qualcomm, inc., qualcomm inc, qualcomm incorporated

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/15/4
openwall.com
https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/stack-based-buffer-overflow-and-memory-disclosure-camera-driver-cve-2013-4748-cve-2013-4739
codeaurora.org

Timeline

Published
Feb 3, 2014
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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