CVE-2014-2851

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 17
Modified
Published: 14 Apr 2014, 23:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 10:28

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
38/100
CVSS Score
6.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.3% LOW
0% probability +0.08%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

14 Apr 2014, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 10:28
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Integer overflow in the ping_init_sock function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages an improperly managed reference counter.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.30%• Percentile: 53%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-416•Use After Free

    The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 3.0, < 3.2.60 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.4.92 | ≥ 3.5, < 3.10.41 | ≥ 3.11, < 3.12.19 | ≥ 3.13, < 3.14.5 | 3.0:rc1

References (9)