CVE-2014-0131 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2014-0131?

CVE-2014-0131 is a low-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 24 Mar 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the skb_segment function in net/core/skbuff.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the absence of a certain orphaning operation.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0131?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Opensuse Evergreen, Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0131?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2014-0131 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0131 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0131, GHSA-69px-r2hq-hmw3.