CVE-2014-3186

Medium

Description

Buffer overflow in the picolcd_raw_event function in devices/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c in the PicoLCD HID device driver in the Linux kernel through 3.16.3, as used in Android on Nexus 7 devices, allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted device that sends a large report.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.9
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedSep 28, 2014
First seenSep 28, 2014

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel3.2.63, 3.4.104, 3.10.56, 3.12.31, 3.14.20, 3.16.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel2.6.35 ≤ v < 3.2.63, 3.3 ≤ v < 3.4.104, 3.5 ≤ v < 3.10.56, 3.11 ≤ v < 3.12.31, 3.13 ≤ v < 3.14.20, 3.15 ≤ v < 3.16.43.2.63, 3.4.104, 3.10.56, 3.12.31, 3.14.20, 3.16.4
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04—

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