CVE-2014-8884
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CVE-2014-8884
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.
Exploit probability
0.6%
Published
November 30, 2014
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2014-8884
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f2e323ec96077642d397bb1c355def536d489d16
- 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
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/14/7
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164266
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f2e323ec96077642d397bb1c355def536d489d16