CVE-2014-8884

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    CVE-2014-8884

    Published: 30 Nov 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in the ttusbdecfe_dvbs_diseqc_send_master_cmd function in drivers/media/usb/ttusb-dec/ttusbdecfe.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a large message length in an ioctl call.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0782.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/62305, http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3093, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f2e323ec96077642d397bb1c355def536d489d16, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164266, http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f2e323ec96077642d397bb1c355def536d489d16, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/14/7

    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