CVE-2014-3182 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published Updated

A physically proximate attacker can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted Logitech device due to an array index error in the Linux kernel.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2014-3182?

CVE-2014-3182 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 28 Sep 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Array index error in the logi_dj_raw_event function in drivers/hid/hid-logitech-dj.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 allows physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (invalid kfree) via a crafted device that provides a malformed REPORT_TYPE_NOTIF_DEVICE_UNPAIRED value.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3182?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3182?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2014-3182 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3182 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3182, GHSA-63g2-9wjq-ff4j, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3182.

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