CVE-2014-2312

Publication date 26 March 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

The main function in android_main.cpp in thermald allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/thermald.pid.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
thermald	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

Notes

seth-arnold

android_main.cpp not used in Ubuntu

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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