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Medium 1 exploited CVE USN-2204-1 1 CVE

linux vulnerability

Published May 6, 2014 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

A flaw was discovered in the Linux kernel's pseudo tty (pty) device. An
unprivileged user could exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service
(system crash) or potentially gain administrator privileges.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS linux 3.13.0-24.47

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.5
    CVE-2014-0196 Exploited Public exploit EPSS 20%

    The n_tty_write function in drivers/tty/n_tty.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.3 does not properly manage tty driver …

    linux linux Debian Ubuntu
    KEV May 12, 2023

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0196