Integer signedness error in the vt console driver (formerly Newcons) in FreeBSD 9.3 before p10 and 10.1 before p6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a negative value in a VT_WAITACTIVE ioctl call, which triggers an array index error and out-of-bounds kernel memory access.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-1028 Integer signedness error in the vt console driver (formerly Newcons) in FreeBSD 9.3 before p10 and 10.1 before p6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a negative value in a VT_WAITACTIVE ioctl call, which triggers an array index error and out-of-bounds kernel memory access.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:34:41.147Z

Reserved: 2014-01-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-0998

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-02-02T16:59:00.053

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-0998

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