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CVE-2014-1738

Published: May 11, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-200
2.1LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 58.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected Products

suse
commercial·DE
linux enterprise desktopOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise high availability extensionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise real time extensionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / rtos-embedded-os
linux enterprise serverOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения
oss-projectaka fsf
LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux
oss-projectaka the linux kernel
linux kernelOn-premOS
Operating Systems
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
enterprise linux eusOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
oracle
commercial·USaka oracle corp.
linuxOn-prem
Databases / cache-message-queue
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1738
cve.mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00012.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67302
securityfocus.com
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