CVE-2014-1739
The media_device_enum_entities function in drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive
02 Description
The media_device_enum_entities function in drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive
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
- 1.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 66.0% 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
- 2014-06-23 10:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-01-29
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- 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
- bec8e89be54e11873e530c678f9305838b3e4e763233fa4853ccaf1cc5eb9104
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2263-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2263-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109774
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:1316http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140615 CVE-2014-1739: Kernel Infoleak vulnerability in,media_enum_entities()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/15/1
- source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2261-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2261-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2264-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2264-1
- www.securityfocus.com68048http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68048
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:1319http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.6
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2259-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2259-1
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8
- speirofr.appspot.comhttp://speirofr.appspot.com/cve-2014-1739-kernel-infoleak-vulnerability-in-media_enum_entities.html
- secunia.com59597http://secunia.com/advisories/59597
- www.securitytracker.com1038201http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.14.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.14.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.14.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-32.57
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.