Information disclosure in Linux Kernel

CVE-2014-1739

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.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.011 (64.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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