CVE-2014-2597 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a denial of service or crash the PCNetSoftware RAC Server via a buffer over-read in the RACDriver.sys kernel driver.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-2597?
CVE-2014-2597 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Apr 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
PCNetSoftware RAC Server 4.0.4 and 4.0.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disabled keyboard or crash) via a large input buffer to unspecified IOCTL requests in RACDriver.sys, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2597?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Remote-Rac Rac Server.
How do I fix CVE-2014-2597?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-2597 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-2597 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2597 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vwgw-725c-4vgq.