CVE - CVE-2014-0998

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-0998	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BUGTRAQ:20150127 [CORE-2015-0003] - FreeBSD Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534563/100/0/threaded FREEBSD:FreeBSD-EN-15:01 URL:https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-15:01.vt.asc FULLDISC:20150127 [CORE-2015-0003] - FreeBSD Kernel Multiple Vulnerabilities URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/107 MISC:http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/freebsd-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilities
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140107	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140107)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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