Is CVE-2014-3631 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-3631 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-3631?

CVE-2014-3631 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.2 (HIGH).

CVE-2014-3631

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 1.0%EU EUVD

The assoc_array_gc function in the associative-array implementation in lib/assoc_array.c in the Linux kernel before 3.16.3 does not properly implement garbage collection, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via multiple "keyctl newring" operations followed by a "keyctl timeout" operation.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.2 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS score: 1.0% (62th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-3589)
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-2014-3589 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=95389b08d93d5c06ec63ab49bd732b0069b7c35e(Broken Link)
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/111298(Broken Link)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36268(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.3(Exploit)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70095(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2378-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2379-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140325(Issue Tracking)
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95389b08d93d5c06ec63ab49bd732b0069b7c35e(Exploit)

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

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