Stack-based buffer overflows in Magic Mouse HID driver in Linux kernel

CVE-2014-3181 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the magicmouse_raw_event function in drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c in the Magic Mouse HID driver in the Linux kernel through 3.16.3 allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted device that provides a large amount of (1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with an event.

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