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CVE-2014-8709

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200 Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
10/11/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The ieee80211_fragment function in net/mac80211/tx.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.5 does not properly maintain a certain tail pointer, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive cleartext information by reading packets.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 3.13.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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