CVE-2014-1739

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    CVE-2014-1739

    Published: 23 Jun 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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 information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/media0 read access for a MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES ioctl call.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/59597, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2259-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2261-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2263-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2264-1, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109774, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html, http://speirofr.appspot.com/cve-2014-1739-kernel-infoleak-vulnerability-in-media_enum_entities.html, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.6, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/15/1, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68048, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201, https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High