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CVE-2014-3535

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3535 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel before version 2.6.36. It stems from incorrect macro usage in include/linux/netdevice.h, allowing remote attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and system crash by sending invalid packets to a VxLAN interface. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a critical impact (system crash) with low attack complexity and no authentication required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.35.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.35:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.35:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.35:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0415 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-431.29.2.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6Fixed in: rhev-hypervisor6-0:6.5-20140821.1.el6ev
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-3535Important

Kernel: netdevice.h: NULL pointer dereference over VxLAN

Sep 9, 2014

References

git.kernel.org
mirror.linux.org.au / linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36
ExploitVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/256df2f3879efdb2e9808bdb1b54b16fbb11fa38
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/69721