# CVE-2013-2038: The NMEA0183 driver in gpsd before 3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon termination) and possibly execute arbitr

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-02-06 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The NMEA0183 driver in gpsd before 3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon termination) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a GPS packet with a malformed $GPGGA interpreted sentence that lacks certain fields and a terminator. NOTE: a separate issue in the AIS driver was also reported, but it might not be a vulnerability.

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## References

- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gpsd.git/commit/?id=dd9c3c2830cb8f8fd8491ce68c82698dc5538f50
- http://www.osvdb.org/93000
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1820-1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/08/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/02/20
- http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gpsd-dev/2013-05/msg00000.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/93001

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