CVE-2014-7825
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle private syscall numbers during use of the perf subsystem, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and OOPS) or bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-125
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (47th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-7691)
- Published
- November 10, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-7691 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1943.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0290.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/06/11(Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70972(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161565(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98557(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/086ba77a6db00ed858ff07451bedee197df868c9(Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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