CVE-2014-3952

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3952
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-15 14:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionFreeBSD 8.4 before p14, 9.1 before p17, 9.2 before p10, and 10.0 before p7 does not properly initialize the buffer between the header and data of a control message, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 10.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 8.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 9.2 - All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3070-1 kfreebsd-9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Advisory SA62218 - Debian update for kfreebsd-9 - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:17.kmem.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.freebsd.org Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
FreeBSD Kernel Memory Initialization Flaws Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
FreeBSD CVE-2014-3952 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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