UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2568

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2014-2568
Downstream
USN-2240-1
Published: 24 Mar 2014, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 09:37

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Mar 2014, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 09:37
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nfqnl_zcopy function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the skb_zerocopy function in net/core/skbuff.c before the vulnerability was announced.

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-29.53

References (6)