CVE-2014-0998
N/A
Published: February 2, 2015 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
Integer signedness error in the vt console driver (formerly Newcons) in FreeBSD 9.3 before p10 and 10.1 before p6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a negative value in a VT_WAITACTIVE ioctl call, which triggers an array index error and out-of-bounds kernel memory access.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/107x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/freebsd-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilitiesMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534563/100/0/threadedVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
Source: [email protected]
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-15:01.vt.ascQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-189
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