Buffer overflow in Linux Kernel
CVE-2014-3185
Multiple buffer overflows in the command_port_read_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Whiteheat USB Serial Driver in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 allow physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) via a crafted device that provides a large amount of (1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with a bulk response.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (46.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1 (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2375-1 (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6817ae225cd650fb1c3295d769298c38b1eba818 (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- git.kernel.org/ (Broken Link)
- code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail (Third Party Advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.2 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/21 (mailing-list, Mailing List)