CVE-2014-2889

high

Description

Off-by-one error in the bpf_jit_compile function in arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1.8, when BPF JIT is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a long jump after a conditional jump.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a03ffcf873fe0f2565386ca8ef832144c42e67fa

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2014-2912

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/18/6

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1.8

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a03ffcf873fe0f2565386ca8ef832144c42e67fa

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-04-27

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00366