Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-0100
Published: March 11, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41951
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0100
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing a large series of fragmented ICMP Echo Request packets to a system with a heavy CPU load. A remote attackers can cause a denial of service (use-after-free error) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0100
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 3.11.0-22.38