CVE-2014-3185

medium
Published 2014-09-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the command_port_read_callback function in drivers/usb/serial/whiteheat.c in the Whiteheat USB Serial Driver in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 allow physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) via a crafted device that provides a large amount of (1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with a bulk response.

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-2014-3185

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.16.2-2
debian debianbullseyefixed3.16.2-2
debian debianforkyfixed3.16.2-2
debian debiansidfixed3.16.2-2
debian debiantrixiefixed3.16.2-2
linux linux-kernelaffected3.2.63

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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