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CVE-2013-2889 json

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,…

published 2013-09-13 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-2828

cvss
4.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.11.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2889

  • kernel RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • python-perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • kernel-firmware RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • kernel-bootwrapper RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • kernel-abi-whitelists RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 RHEL 6 2.6.32-431.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1645RHSA-2013:1527

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-2889 updated cvss 6.2

Kernel: HID: zeroplus: heap overflow flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-431.el6, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-431.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-431.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1645
  • Red Hat RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-6 rhev-hypervisor6 6.5-20131115.0.3.2.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1527
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.7 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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