CVE-2014-1446

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 18 Jan 2014, 22:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 09:42

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100
CVSS Score
1.9 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.15% LOW
0% probability -0.05%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Jan 2014, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 09:42
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The yam_ioctl function in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCYAMGCFG ioctl call.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 1.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.15%• Percentile: 36%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 3.12.7 | 3.12 | 3.12.1 | 3.12.2 | 3.12.3 | 3.12.4 | 3.12.5 | 3.12.6

References (21)