CVE-2014-3185

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    CVE-2014-3185

    Published: 28 Sept 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple buffer overflows in the command_port_read_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Whiteheat USB Serial Driver in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 allow physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) via a crafted device that provides a large amount of (1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with a bulk response.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.2, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69781, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2374-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2375-1, 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=98, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6817ae225cd650fb1c3295d769298c38b1eba818, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/21, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141400, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6817ae225cd650fb1c3295d769298c38b1eba818

    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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