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CVE-2014-4157

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4157 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel prior to version 3.14.8 on MIPS platforms. It allows local users to bypass PR_SET_SECCOMP restrictions due to missing _TIF_SECCOMP checks on the fast system-call path. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.14.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
40.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0051 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 3,050 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-4157

CVE-2014-4157

References

git.kernel.org
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/06/16/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Issue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/137f7df8cead00688524c82360930845396b8a21
ExploitPatch
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.14.8
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/17
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory