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CVE-2014-1739

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-06-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The media_device_enum_entities function in drivers/media/media-device.c in the Linux kernel before 3.14.6 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/media0 read access for a MEDIA_IOC_ENUM_ENTITIES ioctl call.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 13.10
• Linux kernel: before 3.14.6 — fixed in 3.14.6
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension: 11-sp3
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: 11-sp3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise: 11-sp3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 3.14.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6a623460e5fc960ac3ee9f946d3106233fd28d8
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59597
• http://speirofr.appspot.com/cve-2014-1739-kernel-infoleak-vulnerability-in-media_enum_entities.html
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.6
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/15/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68048
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2259-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2261-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2263-1

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