CVE-2014-2851

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-416 Use After Free

Publication date:

14/04/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Integer overflow in the ping_init_sock function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages an improperly managed reference counter.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

6.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.0 (including)	3.2.60 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.3 (including)	3.4.92 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.5 (including)	3.10.41 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.11 (including)	3.12.19 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.13 (including)	3.14.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*

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CVE-2014-2851

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools