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CVE-2014-2739

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-2739 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel (versions 3.14.x through 3.14.1) affecting the cma_req_handler function within the InfiniBand core module. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the system by sending crafted network traffic that leads to an incorrect pointer dereference during RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE) address resolution. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a medium severity with an adjacent network attack vector and high attack complexity, resulting in a complete system availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.14:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.2
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 1,749 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-2739Moderate

Kernel: IB/core: crash while resolving passive side RoCE L2 address in cma req handler

Mar 26, 2014

References

git.kernel.org
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/b2853fd6c2d0f383dbdf7427e263eb576a633867
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/04/10/9
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/66716