CVE-2014-2851
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the ping_init_sock function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages an improperly managed reference counter.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- EPSS score
- 1.0% (61th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-2876)
- Published
- April 14, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-2876 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59386(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59599(Broken Link)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2926(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/11/4(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66779(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030769(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086730(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=b04c46190219a4f845e46a459e3102137b7f6cac(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/10/736(Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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