CVE-2014-4652

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 03 Jul 2014, 01:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 11:20

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100
CVSS Score
1.9 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.05% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 Jul 2014, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 11:20
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

CVSS Metrics

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

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.05%• Percentile: 16%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-362•Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04

  • linux•linux_kernel

    < 3.15.2

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop

    6.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server

    6.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation

    6.0

  • suse•linux_enterprise_server

    10:sp4

References (15)