Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2014-4652
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.
Vulnerability class: Race Condition
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 1.9 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (24.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 24th percentile — 24.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 10
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/60545 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/07f4d9d74a04aa7c72c5dae0ef97565f28f17b92 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/60564 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1083.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/59777 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/59434 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2 (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)