Not a U.S. government website. NDD is an independent vulnerability database by Volerion and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NIST or NVD.

CVE-2013-1848 Details

Description

fs/ext3/super.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.4 uses incorrect arguments to functions in certain circumstances related to printk input, which allows local users to conduct format-string attacks and possibly gain privileges via a crafted application.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving this site. These are references gathered from the official CVE record and are not endorsed by Volerion.

URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d0c2d10dd72c5292eda7a06231056a4c972e4cc	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920783	CVE
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8d0c2d10dd72c5292eda7a06231056a4c972e4cc	CVE	ExploitPatch
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/8	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1811-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1814-1	CVE
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8d0c2d10dd72c5292eda7a06231056a4c972e4cc	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00005.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0928.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1026.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1051.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920783	[email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8d0c2d10dd72c5292eda7a06231056a4c972e4cc	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.4	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/20/8	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1809-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1811-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1812-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1813-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1814-1	[email protected]

see all 30 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	<= 3.8.3 3.8.0 3.8.1 3.8.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.8.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 22, 2013	Initial Analysis	[email protected]