CVEs-PoC/2013/CVE-2013-1929.md

### [CVE-2013-1929](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1929)
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### Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the tg3_read_vpd function in drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.6 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted firmware that specifies a long string in the Vital Product Data (VPD) data structure.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:176
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1834-1

#### Github
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