CVE-2014-3186
Kernel: HID: memory corruption via OOB write
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · August 27, 2014
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the Minibox PicoLCD driver handled Human Interface Device (HID) reports with an invalid size. An attacker with physical access to the system could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
Statement
This issue does not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
This issue affects the version of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Future kernel updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 may address this issue.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 6.2AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write