CVE-2014-2568
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nfqnl_zcopy function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.01%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nfqnl_zcopy function in net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue_core.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation. NOTE: the affected code was moved to the skb_zerocopy function in net/core/skbuff.c before the vulnerability was announced.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.9 LOWAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.01% probability · 61th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/627Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59599Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/20/16Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66348Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2240-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079012Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91922Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/20/421Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/627Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59599Broken Link
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/20/16Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66348Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2240-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079012Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91922Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/3/20/421Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.