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CVE-2014-1737

Published: May 11, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-754
NVD MITRE
7.2CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 61.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The raw_cmd_copyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to trigger kfree operations and gain privileges by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-754

Affected Products

LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
linux kernellinux
On-premOS
Operating Systems
linuxoracle
On-prem
Databases / cache-message-queue
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
linuxoss-projectOperating Systemsaka the linux kernel
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
and 5 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1737
cve.mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67300
securityfocus.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00012.html
lists.opensuse.org
and 16 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
May 11, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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