CVE-2014-0930
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.7EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
The ptrace system call in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.x, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted PT_LDINFO operation.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.7 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.5% (41th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-0960)
- Published
- May 8, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-0960 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / aix
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
- ibm / vios
References
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ptrace_advisory.asc(Vendor Advisory)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-05/0031.html
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV58766(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV58840(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV58861(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV58888(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV58948(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV59045
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV59675
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92262
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-0930/(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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