CVE-2014-4652

high

Description

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

References

Advisories
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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/07f4d9d74a04aa7c72c5dae0ef97565f28f17b92

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94412

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113406

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/6

http://secunia.com/advisories/60564

http://secunia.com/advisories/60545

http://secunia.com/advisories/59777

http://secunia.com/advisories/59434

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1083.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=07f4d9d74a04aa7c72c5dae0ef97565f28f17b92

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-07-03

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 1.9

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00051