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CVE-2014-1737
The raw_cmd_copyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.45%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 60% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The raw_cmd_copyin function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly handle error conditions during processing of an FDRAWCMD ioctl call, which allows local users to trigger kfree operations and gain privileges by leveraging write access to a /dev/fd device.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 60% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
18
- 67300 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0683 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 59262 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ef87dbe7614341c2e7bfe8d32fcb7028cc97442c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59309 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 59406 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2928 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094299 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0800 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140509 Linux kernel floppy ioctl kernel code execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 59599 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2926 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0667 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1030474 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ef87dbe7614341c2e7bfe8d32fcb7028cc97442c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0801 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-1811 (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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