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CVE-2014-3677

shim: memory corruption flaw when processing Machine Owner Keys (MOKs)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · October 13, 2014

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

An out-of-bounds memory write flaw was found in the way shim processed certain Machine Owner Keys (MOKs). A local attacker could potentially use this flaw to execute arbitrary code on the system.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write