Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-1739

Title: Canonical Ubuntu Linux Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2014-1739

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date Jun 23, 2014
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.10%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-1739: The media_device_enum_entities function in drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/media0 read access for a MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES ioctl call.

Impacted Vendors

L
linux 1
U
ubuntu 2
C
canonical 1
N
novell 2
S
suse 3

Reference Links

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html http://secunia.com/advisories/59597 http://speirofr.appspot.com/cve-2014-1739-kernel-infoleak-vulnerability-in-media_enum_entities.html http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.6 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/15/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68048 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2259-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2261-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2263-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2264-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109774 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html http://secunia.com/advisories/59597 http://speirofr.appspot.com/cve-2014-1739-kernel-infoleak-vulnerability-in-media_enum_entities.html http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.6 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/15/1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68048 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2259-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2261-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2263-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2264-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109774 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-1739 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39214
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.