CVE-2014-0998 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Integer signedness error in the vt console driver (formerly Newcons) in FreeBSD 9.3 before p10 and 10.1 before p6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a negative value in a VT_WAITACTIVE ioctl call, which triggers an array index error and out-of-bounds kernel memory access.

Published: 2015-02-02

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-1028	Integer signedness error in the vt console driver (formerly Newcons) in FreeBSD 9.3 before p10 and 10.1 before p6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a negative value in a VT_WAITACTIVE ioctl call, which triggers an array index error and out-of-bounds kernel memory access.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00851.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/107
http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/freebsd-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilities
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534563/100/0/threaded
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-15:01.vt.asc

History

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Subscriptions

Freebsd Freebsd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-02-02T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:34:41.147Z

Reserved: 2014-01-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-0998

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-02-02T16:59:00.053

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-0998

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-189

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