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CVE-2014-2851 (GCVE-0-2014-2851)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-04-14 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:28
VLAI
Summary
Integer overflow in the ping_init_sock function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages an improperly managed reference counter.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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Date Public
2014-04-11 00:00
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