CVE-2014-3180
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.010 · 64 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In kernel/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17, as used in Google Chrome OS and other products, there is a possible out-of-bounds read. restart_syscall uses uninitialized data when restarting compat_sys_nanosleep. NOTE: this is disputed because the code path is unreachable
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.4–9.1
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affected products (3)
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references (8)
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- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=408827cnnvd
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/9/7/29cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3180cnnvd
- https://www.kernel.orgPatchcnnvd
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=408827enisa_euvd
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/9/7/29enisa_euvd
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=408827nvd
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/9/7/29nvd
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