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Kernel: HID: zeroplus: heap overflow flaw

Published Sep 13, 2013

Description

drivers/hid/hid-zpff.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_ZEROPLUS is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device.

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Red Hat statement

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2. This issue affects the version of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 may address this issue. Note: A user would need physical access to the system in order to exploit this issue.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published Sep 13, 2013
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Apr 11, 2013
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Aug 29, 2013