CVE-2014-0206
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Array index error in the aio_read_events_ring function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a large head value.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.4% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-0256)
- Published
- June 25, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-0256 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=edfbbf388f293d70bf4b7c0bc38774d05e6f711a
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59278(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68176(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030479(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094602(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=edfbbf388f29(Vendor Advisory)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edfbbf388f293d70bf4b7c0bc38774d05e6f711a(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01(Third Party Advisory)
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.10.46(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.24(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.10(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.3(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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