CVE-2013-2898
drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_SENSOR_HUB is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
drivers/hid/hid-sensor-hub.c in the Human Interface Device (HID) subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.11, when CONFIG_HID_SENSOR_HUB is enabled, allows physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted device.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-input&m=137772191114645&w=1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/28/13
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1995-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1998-1
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-input&m=137772191114645&w=1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/08/28/13
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1995-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1998-1
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.