CVE-2014-1739
The media_device_enum_entities function in drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/media0 read access for a MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES ioctl call.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 1.1% (66th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-1813)
- Published
- June 23, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-1813 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
- suse / linux enterprise high availability extension
- suse / suse linux enterprise desktop
- suse / suse linux enterprise server
- suse / suse linux enterprise server
Certified products that may be affected
2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59597
- http://speirofr.appspot.com/cve-2014-1739-kernel-infoleak-vulnerability-in-media_enum_entities.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/15/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68048
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2259-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2261-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2263-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2264-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109774
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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