CVE-2014-3186

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 28 Sept 2014, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 10:35

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
6.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.12% LOW
0% probability +0.03%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

28 Sept 2014, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 10:35
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Buffer overflow in the picolcd_raw_event function in devices/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c in the PicoLCD HID device driver in the Linux kernel through 3.16.3, as used in Android on Nexus 7 devices, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted device that sends a large report.

CVSS Metrics

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

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.12%• Percentile: 31%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 2.6.35, < 3.2.63 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.4.104 | ≥ 3.5, < 3.10.56 | ≥ 3.11, < 3.12.31 | ≥ 3.13, < 3.14.20 | ≥ 3.15, < 3.16.4

References (12)