CVE-2014-0998
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CVE-2014-0998 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. Integer signedness error in the vt console driver (formerly Newcons) in FreeBSD 9.3 before p10 and 10.1 before p6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a negative value in a VT_WAITACTIVE ioctl call, which triggers an array index error and out-of-bounds kernel memory access.. EPSS estimates a 0.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
Integer signedness error in the vt console driver (formerly Newcons) in FreeBSD 9.3 before p10 and 10.1 before p6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a negative value in a VT_WAITACTIVE ioctl call, which triggers an array index error and out-of-bounds kernel memory access.
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Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Freebsd | Freebsd | 10.1 |
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