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CVE-2014-0206

medium

Description

Array index error in the aio_read_events_ring function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a large head value.

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edfbbf388f293d70bf4b7c0bc38774d05e6f711a

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094602

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030479

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68176

http://secunia.com/advisories/59278

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.3

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.10

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.24

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.46

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=edfbbf388f29

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=edfbbf388f293d70bf4b7c0bc38774d05e6f711a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-06-25

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00073