CVE-2014-0998

Integer signedness error in the vt console driver (formerly Newcons) in FreeBSD 9.3 before p10 and 10.1 before p6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a negative value in a VT_WAITACTIVE ioctl call, which triggers an array index error and out-of-bounds kernel memory access.

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 58th percentile

Published

2015-02-02

Updated

2024-08-06

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35938

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2014-0997
• CVE-2014-0999
• CVE-2014-0995
• CVE-2014-100002
• CVE-2014-0984
• CVE-2014-100003