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CVE-2014-0196
CWE-362
High
76.9
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
The n_tty_write function in drivers/tty/n_tty.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly manage tty driver access in the "LECHO & !OPOST" case, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) or gain privileges by triggering a race condition involving read and write operations with long strings.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 5.5
- Medium · v3.1
- EPSS
- 22.47%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since May 2023
- Fix commit
- Fix commit known
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Published
- 7 May 2014
- Last modified 21 Apr 2026
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Data as of 8 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time