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CVE-2014-2851

Date: April 14, 2014

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (14)

http://secunia.com/advisories/59599
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926
http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/10/736
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030769
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/11/4
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2851
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086730
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2851
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=b04c46190219a4f845e46a459e3102137b7f6cac
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66779
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-2851
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2851
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-2851

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Numeric Errors

CWE-189

Use After Free

CWE-416

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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