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CVE-2014-0930

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-05-08 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The ptrace system call in IBM AIX 5.3, 6.1, and 7.1, and VIOS 2.2.x, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via a crafted PT_LDINFO operation.

Affected products

• IBM AIX: 5.3, 6.1, 7.1
• IBM VIOS: 2.2.0.10, 2.2.0.11, 2.2.0.12, 2.2.0.13, 2.2.1.0, 2.2.1.1 (+4)

References

• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ptrace_advisory.asc
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-05/0031.html
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV58766
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV58840
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV58861
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV58888
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV58948
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV59045
• http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV59675
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92262
• https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-0930/
• http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/ptrace_advisory.asc

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