CVE-2014-2568 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically affecting the nfqnl_zcopy function (later moved to skb_zerocopy), impacting various Linux distributions including Canonical and Ubuntu. This vulnerability allows an attacker to potentially obtain sensitive information from kernel memory due to a missing orphaning operation. With a CVSS score of 2.9 (AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it has a low severity, requiring adjacent network access and medium attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0, <= 3.13.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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