CVE-2014-1738
Severity
2.1LOW
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMay 11
Latest updateMay 13
Description
The raw_cmd_copyout function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly restrict access to certain pointers during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel heap memory by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device.
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 2.9
Affected Packages8 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 6.0, 7.0, Enterprise Linux 5.6, 6.3