CVE-2014-3186

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    CVE-2014-3186

    Published: 28 Sept 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=844817e47eef14141cf59b8d5ac08dd11c0a9189, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69763, 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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141407, https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=101, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/844817e47eef14141cf59b8d5ac08dd11c0a9189, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/22, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141407

    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