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CVE-2014-3184

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3184 describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the HID subsystem of the Linux kernel, affecting versions prior to 3.16.2. This flaw, present in several HID drivers, can be triggered by a physically proximate attacker using a specially crafted device with a small report descriptor. With a CVSS score of 4.7, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring local access and moderate attack complexity to achieve a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.16.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
32.3%
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 56th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 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 0.1 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-573.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-123.13.1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.33-rt32.51.el6rt
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-3184Low

Kernel: HID: off by one error in various _report_fixup routines

Aug 21, 2014

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00020.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1272.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
code.google.com / p/google-security-research/issues/detail
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/4ab25786c87eb20857bbb715c3ae34ec8fd6a214
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.16.2
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/21
securityfocus.com / bid/69768
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2374-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2375-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2376-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2377-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2378-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2379-1