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CVE-2014-1739

Published: Jun 23, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-200
NVD MITRE
2.1CVSSLOW
EPSS Score
1.1%
Top 38.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

The media_device_enum_entities function in drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/media0 read access for a MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES ioctl call.

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

linux kernellinux
On-premOS
Operating Systems
ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise high availability extensionsuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
suse linux enterprise desktopsuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
suse linux enterprise serversuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linuxoss-projectOperating Systemsaka the linux kernel
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.
susecommercialDEOperating Systems
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Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Collection
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References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8
git.kernel.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org
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Timeline

Published
Jun 23, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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