CVE-2014-2678

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 01 Apr 2014, 01:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 10:21

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
19/100
CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Apr 2014, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 10:21
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The rds_iw_laddr_check function in net/rds/iw.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a bind system call for an RDS socket on a system that lacks RDS transports.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 26%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    20

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 3.14

  • oracle•linux

    5

References (9)