CVE-2014-8884

Published Nov 30, 2014

Last updated a year ago

Overview

Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ttusbdecfe_dvbs_diseqc_send_master_cmd function in drivers/media/usb/ttusb-dec/ttusbdecfe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a large message length in an ioctl call.
Source
security@opentext.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.1
Impact score
8.5
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-119

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Configurations