CVE-2014-1446
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
The yam_ioctl function in drivers/net/hamradio/yam.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 does not initialize a certain structure member, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability for an SIOCYAMGCFG ioctl call.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (51th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-1522)
- Published
- January 18, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-1522 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8e3fbf870481eb53b2d3a322d1fc395ad8b367ed
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126858.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126874.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:038
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/15/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64954
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1053620
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90445
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8e3fbf870481eb53b2d3a322d1fc395ad8b367ed(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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