CVE-2014-8612

FreeBSD - Local Privilege Escalation and Arbitrary Kernel Memory Read via SCTP Stream ID

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2014-8612. PoCs published by Core Security.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The document describes multiple vulnerabilities in the FreeBSD kernel, including a sign conversion error in the vt console driver (CVE-2014-0998) and a memory corruption issue in SCTP socket handling (CVE-2014-8612). These vulnerabilities allow local unprivileged attackers to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges or crash the system.

Description

Multiple array index errors in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) module in FreeBSD 10.1 before p5, 10.0 before p17, 9.3 before p9, and 8.4 before p23 allow local users to (1) gain privileges via the stream id to the setsockopt function, when setting the SCTIP_SS_VALUE option, or (2) read arbitrary kernel memory via the stream id to the getsockopt function, when getting the SCTP_SS_PRIORITY option.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Core Security · textdosfreebsd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35938

The document describes multiple vulnerabilities in the FreeBSD kernel, including a sign conversion error in the vt console driver (CVE-2014-0998) and a memory corruption issue in SCTP socket handling (CVE-2014-8612). These vulnerabilities allow local unprivileged attackers to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges or crash the system.

Classification
Writeup 100%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: FreeBSD Kernel 10.1-RELEASE
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · Ability to execute arbitrary code on the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534563/100/0/threaded
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/107
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_freebsd
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:02.kmem.asc
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72342
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031648

Scores

EPSS 0.0090
EPSS Percentile 54.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (4)
freebsd/freebsd 8.4
freebsd/freebsd 9.3
freebsd/freebsd 10.0
freebsd/freebsd 10.1
Published Feb 02, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026