Integer overflow in truecrypt - CVE-2014-2885
Published: March 19, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37388
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2885
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: www.truecrypt.org
Affected software:
truecrypt
truecrypt
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
Multiple integer overflows in TrueCrypt 7.1a allow local users to (1) obtain sensitive information via vectors involving a crafted item->OriginalLength value in the MainThreadProc function in EncryptedIoQueue.c or (2) cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via vectors involving large StartingOffset and Length values in the ProcessVolumeDeviceControlIrp function in Ntdriver.c.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-2885
Install update from vendor's website.