Is CVE-2014-3181 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-3181 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-3181?

CVE-2014-3181 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-3181

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.9 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 0.8% (56th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-3199)
Published: September 28, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3199 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

linux / linux kernel

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c54def7bd64d7c0b6993336abcffb8444795bf38(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/21(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69779(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2376-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2377-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1141173(Issue Tracking)
https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=100(Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c54def7bd64d7c0b6993336abcffb8444795bf38(Third Party Advisory)

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

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