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CVE-2014-9922
The eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges via a large filesystem stack that includes an…
High7.8EPSS 1.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- google_android
Description
The eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges via a large filesystem stack that includes an overlayfs layer, related to fs/ecryptfs/main.c and fs/overlayfs/super.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=69c433ed2ecd2d3264efd7afec4439524b319121 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/69c433ed2ecd2d3264efd7afec4439524b319121 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 97354 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1038201 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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