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CVE-2014-3184
Published:September 28, 2014
Updated:May 17, 2026
The report_fixup functions in the HID subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 might allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device that provides a small report descriptor, related to (1) drivers/hid/hid-cherry.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-kye.c, (3) drivers/hid/hid-lg.c, (4) drivers/hid/hid-monterey.c, (5) drivers/hid/hid-petalynx.c, and (6) drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.c.
Related Resources (22)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69768
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2374-1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141391
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3184
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.2
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-3184
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ab25786c87eb20857bbb715c3ae34ec8fd6a214
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2375-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/21
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3184
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ab25786c87eb20857bbb715c3ae34ec8fd6a214
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=91
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.1
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
4.7
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-119
EPSS
Base Score:
0.07