CVE-2014-1739

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-1739
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerChrome
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-06-23 11:21:17 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe media_device_enum_entities function in drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/media0 read access for a MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES ioctl call.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2014-1739: Kernel Infoleak vulnerability in media_enum_entities() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 speirofr.appspot.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Android Security Bulletin—April 2017  |  Android Open Source Project af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 source.android.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1319-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Google Android Multiple Flaws Let Users Deny Service, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Gain Elevated Privileges and Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
Linux Kernel '/drivers/media/media-device.c' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE-2014-1739: Kernel Infoleak vulnerability in,media_enum_entities() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:1316-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-2261-1: Linux kernel (Saucy HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2259-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
USN-2264-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[media] media-device: fix infoleak in ioctl media_enum_entities() · torvalds/linux@e6a6234 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
USN-2263-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
1109774 – (CVE-2014-1739) CVE-2014-1739 Kernel: drivers: media: an information leakage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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