CVE-2014-4652
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.
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-362
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (27th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-4578)
- Published
- July 3, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-4578 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- linux / linux kernel
- redhat / enterprise linux desktop
- redhat / enterprise linux server
- redhat / enterprise linux workstation
- suse / linux enterprise server
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=07f4d9d74a04aa7c72c5dae0ef97565f28f17b92
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1083.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59434(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59777(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60545(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60564(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.2(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/6(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2334-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2335-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113406(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/94412(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/07f4d9d74a04aa7c72c5dae0ef97565f28f17b92(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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