CVE-2013-2597: Code Aurora ACDB Audio Driver Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 15 Sep 2022, 2,937 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 1.5%
EPSS score, percentile 74.2 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 8.4 High
CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record
- What should I do?
CISA deadline 6 Oct 2022. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Not stated. The CVE record gives vendor and product as “n/a” and the version as “unspecified”.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date for this action: 6 October 2022.
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
- https://web.archive.org/web/20161226013354/https:/www.codeaurora.org/news/security-advisories/stack-based-buffer-overflow-acdb-audio-driver-cve-2013-2597
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2597
Affected products and versions
The CVE record does not name affected products or versions: vendor and product are “n/a” and the version is “unspecified”.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
About this vulnerability
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.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA added CVE-2013-2597 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 15 Sep 2022.
- CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 6 Oct 2022.
- The CVE record was published on 31 Aug 2014, 2,937 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.4 (High), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.5% (percentile 74.2), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the acdb_ioctl function in audio_acdb.c in the acdb audio driver for the Linux kernel 2.6.x and 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, allows attackers to gain privileges via an application that leverages /dev/msm_acdb access and provides a large size value in an ioctl argument.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Weakness
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 31 Aug 2014 | CVE record published |
| 15 Sep 2022 | Added to CISA KEV |
| 6 Oct 2022 | CISA due date for the required action |
| 22 Oct 2025 | CVE record last updated |