CVE-2014-3181

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    CVE-2014-3181

    Published: 28 Sept 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the magicmouse_raw_event function in drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c in the Magic Mouse HID driver in the Linux kernel through 3.16.3 allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted device that provides a large amount of (1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with an event.

    References: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c54def7bd64d7c0b6993336abcffb8444795bf38, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/21, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69779, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1, https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=100, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c54def7bd64d7c0b6993336abcffb8444795bf38, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/21, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141173, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c54def7bd64d7c0b6993336abcffb8444795bf38

    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
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