UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3185

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3185

    Published: 28 Sept 2014Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3185
    Aliases:
    USN-2374-1
    USN-2375-1
    USN-2376-1

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3185, https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=98, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2374-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2375-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2376-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2377-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2378-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2379-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3185

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-37.64

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    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