CVE-2014-4608

Public on 2014-07-03
Modified on 2014-09-19
Description
An integer overflow flaw was found in the way the lzo1x_decompress_safe() function of the Linux kernel's LZO implementation processed Literal Runs. A local attacker could, in extremely rare cases, use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
Severity
Low severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.0
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2014-07-09 ALAS-2014-368 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.0 AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P