CVE-2014-0998 | BDVDB-2026-67793 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534563/100/0/threaded
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/107
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-15:01.vt.asc
http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/freebsd-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilities

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12015-02-02Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.