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CVE-2014-1444
The fst_get_iface function in drivers/net/wan/farsync.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly initialize a certain data…
Low1.7EPSS 0.34%
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- mitre
Description
The fst_get_iface function in drivers/net/wan/farsync.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7 does not properly initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCWANDEV ioctl call.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.7 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.34% · top 73% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.7.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (9)
- USN-2129-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2128-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.7 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 64952 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- linux-kernel-cve20141444-info-disc(90443) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=96b340406724d87e4621284ebac5e059d67b2194 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140115 Re: CVE request: assorted kernel infoleak security fixes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/96b340406724d87e4621284ebac5e059d67b2194 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053610 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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