CVE-2014-3185

medium
Published 2014-09-28 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
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
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

linux Linux kernel Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
โ€” Affected 3.2.63
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 3.16.2-2
sid Fixed 3.16.2-2
forky Fixed 3.16.2-2
bullseye Fixed 3.16.2-2
bookworm Fixed 3.16.2-2

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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