Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2014-3186
Published: September 28, 2014 / Updated: May 14, 2015
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91215
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3186
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the picolcd_raw_event() function in drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-3186
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=844817e47eef14141cf59b8d5ac08dd11c0a9189
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/22
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69763
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141407
- https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=101
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/844817e47eef14141cf59b8d5ac08dd11c0a9189