CVE-2013-4738

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.

Published: 2014-02-03 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4738 is rated Low Risk (35.4/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.27%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4738

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.11% 0.27% +0.16%
2 2025-06-11 0.05% 0.11% +0.07%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4738

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4738

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4738

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-4738 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4738
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4738
ubuntu high CVE-2013-4738 high priority: Ubuntu including 37 source packages (linux, linux-armadaxp, …), 245 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, cosmic, lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 147, not-affected 84, ignored 12, needed 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4738

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4738

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
codeaurora android-msm 2.6.29 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:2.6.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
qualcomm quic_mobile_station_modem_kernel 3.4 cpe:2.3:o:qualcomm:quic_mobile_station_modem_kernel:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4738

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