CVE-2014-1690
LOW · CVSS 2.6EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD
The help function in net/netfilter/nf_nat_irc.c in the Linux kernel before 3.12.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by establishing an IRC DCC session in which incorrect packet data is transmitted during use of the NAT mangle feature.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-1764)
- Published
- February 28, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-1764 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2690d97ade05c5325cbf7c72b94b90d265659886
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8(Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/28/3(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2137-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2140-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2158-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058748(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2690d97ade05c5325cbf7c72b94b90d265659886(Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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