CVE-2014-0196 vulnerability in F5 Networks and Other Products
Published on May 7, 2014
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Linux Kernel Race Condition Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Linux Kernel contains a race condition vulnerability within the n_tty_write function that allows local users to cause a denial-of-service or gain privileges via read and write operations with long strings.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by June 2, 2023: The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2014-0196 is exploitable with local system access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Race Condition Vulnerability?
The program contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.
CVE-2014-0196 has been classified to as a Race Condition vulnerability or weakness.
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Exploit Probability
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