CVE-2014-3184 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2014-3184?

CVE-2014-3184 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

The report_fixup functions in the HID subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 might allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted device that provides a small report descriptor, related to (1) drivers/hid/hid-cherry.c, (2) drivers/hid/hid-kye.c, (3) drivers/hid/hid-lg.c, (4) drivers/hid/hid-monterey.c, (5) drivers/hid/hid-petalynx.c, and (6) drivers/hid/hid-sunplus.c.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3184?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3184?

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-2014-3184 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3184, GHSA-8p53-rhxf-cgxv, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3184.