CVE-2014-0998

Freebsd - Numeric Error

Title source: rule

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP
dosfreebsd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35938

Scores

EPSS 0.0085
EPSS Percentile 75.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (1)
freebsd/freebsd 10.1
Published Feb 02, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026