CVE-2014-2851

medium
Published 2014-04-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

Integer overflow in the ping_init_sock function in net/ipv4/ping.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly gain privileges via a crafted application that leverages an improperly managed reference counter.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2851

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/4/10/736

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=b04c46190219a4f845e46a459e3102137b7f6cac

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086730

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/11/4

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.14.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.14.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.14.4-1
debian debiansidfixed3.14.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.14.4-1
linux linux-kernelaffected3.2.60
linux linux-kernel3.0affected
debian debian7.0affected

References

CWEs

CWE-416

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.