{"cve":"CVE-2014-0998","nvd":{"published":"2015-02-02T16:59:00.053","modified":"2026-06-17T00:03:59.437","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-189"],"references":["http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/107","http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/freebsd-kernel-multiple-vulnerabilities","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534563/100/0/threaded","https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-15:01.vt.asc","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Jan/107"],"products":["freebsd:freebsd"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:35:35.528235705+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-0998","score":0.00924,"percentile":0.60415,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}