CVE-2014-2851

MediumCVSS 6.9/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Integer overflow in the ping_init_sock function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages an improperly managed reference counter.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.9/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/59386Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/59599Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/11/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66779Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030769Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086730Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=b04c46190219a4f845e46a459e3102137b7f6cacExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/10/736Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59386Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/59599Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/11/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66779Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030769Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086730Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=b04c46190219a4f845e46a459e3102137b7f6cacExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/10/736Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 14, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

Related CVEs from 2014

CVE-2014-28525.0OpenAFS before 1.6.7 delays the listen thread when an RXS_CheckResponse fails, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (p CVE-2014-28534.3Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in includes/actions/InfoAction.php in MediaWiki before 1.21.9 and 1.22.x before 1.22.6 allows remot CVE-2014-28544.3Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the SemanticTitle extension before 1.1.0 for MediaWiki allows remote attackers to inject arbitra CVE-2014-28557.8The check_secret function in authenticate.c in rsync 3.1.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop a CVE-2014-28564.3Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in scheduler/client.c in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) before 1.7.2 allows remote attackers to CVE-2014-28575.0The default configuration of the Resources plugin 1.0.0 before 1.2.6 for Pivotal Grails 2.0.0 through 2.3.6 does not properly restrict acces CVE-2014-28585.0Directory traversal vulnerability in the Resources plugin 1.0.0 before 1.2.6 for Pivotal Grails 2.0.0 through 2.3.6 allows remote attackers CVE-2014-28597.5PaperThin CommonSpot before 7.0.2 and 8.x before 8.0.3 allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a direct request.CVE-2014-28604.3Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PaperThin CommonSpot before 7.0.2 and 8.x before 8.0.3 allow remote attackers to inje CVE-2014-28614.3Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in PaperThin CommonSpot before 7.0.2 and 8.x before 8.0.3 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site s CVE-2014-28626.5PaperThin CommonSpot before 7.0.2 and 8.x before 8.0.3 does not check authorization in unspecified situations, which allows remote authentic CVE-2014-286310.0Multiple absolute path traversal vulnerabilities in PaperThin CommonSpot before 7.0.2 and 8.x before 8.0.3 allow remote attackers to have an