CVE-2014-4652 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2014-4652?

CVE-2014-4652 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Jul 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4652?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Linux kernel, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation, Suse Linux Enterprise Server.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4652?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-4652 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4652 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4652, GHSA-7r3g-2r6j-pg45, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4652.