CVE-2014-4652

Race condition in the tlv handler functionality in the snd_ctl_elem_user_tlv function in sound/core/control.c in the ALSA control implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory by leveraging /dev/snd/controlCX access.

CVSS 1.9 · Low

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Unavailable

Published

Jul 3, 2014

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE IDs

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 2.0 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Access Vector (AV): Local. The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.
Access Complexity (AC): Medium. Exploitation requires some additional access conditions.
Authentication (Au): None. The attacker does not need to authenticate.
Confidentiality Impact (C): Partial. There is a limited impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): None. There is no impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): None. There is no impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

0 stored signals · no KEV · 0 OTX pulses