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CVE-2014-2673

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2673 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Transactional Memory (TM) implementation on the powerpc platform, affecting versions prior to 3.13.7. A local attacker can trigger a system crash by exploiting improper interaction between the arch_dup_task_struct function and the clone/fork system calls. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7, indicating a low attack complexity but a complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.13.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.7MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-123.6.3.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-2673Moderate

kernel: powerpc: tm: crash when forking inside a transaction

Mar 7, 2014

References

git.kernel.org
secunia.com / advisories/57436
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/92113
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/621b5060e823301d0cba4cb52a7ee3491922d291
PatchThird Party Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.15
Release NotesVendor Advisory
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7
Release NotesVendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/03/30/5
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/66477
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry