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CVE-2014-7822

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-7822 is a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel prior to version 3.16, specifically impacting the implementation of splice_write file operations. A local attacker can trigger a system crash, and potentially other unspecified impacts, by crafting a splice system call that bypasses file size restrictions. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists, as demonstrated by an ExploitDB entry for Ubuntu 3.13/3.14, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.15.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-36743 · Apr 13, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 3,241 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 0.5 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.18-402.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-504.12.2.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-123.20.1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-1:3.10.0-229.rt56.144.el6rt
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-7822Moderate

kernel: splice: lack of generic write checks

Jan 28, 2015

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00009.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0102.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0164.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0674.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0694.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/8d0207652cbe27d1f962050737848e5ad4671958
exploit-db.com / exploits/36743
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3170
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
osvdb.org / 117810
securityfocus.com / bid/72347
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2541-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2542-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2543-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2544-1