CVE-2014-1690
The help function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by establishing an IRC DCC session in which
02 Description
The help function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by establishing an IRC DCC session in which
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-02-28 02:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-01-28
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 684ca119f8ebb179b1337f26de702fb9b05af947e9736f7629246b13e1c4dcdd
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2137-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2137-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2140-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2140-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2158-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2158-1
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058748
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140128 Re: CVE request Linux kernel: netfilter: nf_nat: leakage of uninitialized buffer in IRC NAT helperhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/28/3
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2690d97ade05c5325cbf7c72b94b90d265659886
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2690d97ade05c5325cbf7c72b94b90d265659886
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.12.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.12.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.12.8-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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