CVE-2013-2597 — Code Aurora ACDB Audio Driver Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Overview

The Code Aurora audio calibration database (acdb) audio driver contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation. Code Aurora is used in third-party products such as Qualcomm and Android.

Vulnerability details

CVE ID

CVE-2013-2597

Vulnerability

Code Aurora ACDB Audio Driver Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Vendor

Code Aurora

Affected products

Code Aurora: ACDB Audio Driver

Severity

HIGH

Exploitation status

Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)

Published

2022-09-15

Remediation guidance

CVE-2013-2597 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.

Apply the vendor's official security update for Code Aurora the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.

Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.

Authoritative references

• NVD — National Vulnerability Database
• MITRE CVE Record
• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
• FIRST EPSS — Exploit Prediction Scoring