CVE-2014-3675

shim: out-of-bounds memory read flaw in DHCPv6 packet processing

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · October 13, 2014

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

An out-of-bounds memory read flaw was found in the way shim parsed certain IPv6 packets. A specially crafted DHCPv6 packet could possibly cause shim to crash, preventing the system from booting if IPv6 booting was enabled.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 3.3
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read