CVE-2014-1739

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 12
Modified
Published: 23 Jun 2014, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 09:50

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
18/100
CVSS Score
2.1 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.1% LOW
0% probability -0.04%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Jun 2014, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 09:50
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The media_device_enum_entities function in drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/media0 read access for a MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES ioctl call.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.10%• Percentile: 28%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 13.10

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.14.6

  • suse•linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension

    11:sp3

  • suse•suse_linux_enterprise_desktop

    11:sp3

  • suse•suse_linux_enterprise_server

    11:sp3

References (16)