CVE-2014-3183

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 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: none known
Published: 2014-09-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the logi_dj_ll_raw_request function in drivers/hid/hid-logitech-dj.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16.2 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted device that specifies a large report size for an LED report.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 3.15 before 3.16.2 — fixed in 3.16.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 3.16.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=51217e69697fba92a06e07e16f55c9a52d8e8945
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141344
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=90
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/51217e69697fba92a06e07e16f55c9a52d8e8945
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=51217e69697fba92a06e07e16f55c9a52d8e8945
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141344
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=90
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/51217e69697fba92a06e07e16f55c9a52d8e8945

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