Is CVE-2014-1874 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-1874 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-1874?

CVE-2014-1874 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-1874

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD

The security_context_to_sid_core function in security/selinux/ss/services.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by leveraging the CAP_MAC_ADMIN capability to set a zero-length security context.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.9 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 0.6% (49th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-1936)
Published: February 28, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-1936 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
linux / linux kernel
suse / linux enterprise server

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3043.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59262(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59309(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59406(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.4(Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65459(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2128-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2129-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2137-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2140-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062356(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2172fa709ab32ca60e86179dc67d0857be8e2c98(Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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