CVE-2014-0998

Published Feb 2, 2015

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

Description: Integer signedness error in the vt console driver (formerly Newcons) in FreeBSD 9.3 before p10 and 10.1 before p6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a negative value in a VT_WAITACTIVE ioctl call, which triggers an array index error and out-of-bounds kernel memory access.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-189

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "F6D63B21-9D2E-4B15-9E60-6181D44B1F55"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References