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CVE-2014-9428

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9428 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the B.A.T.M.A.N. implementation within the Linux kernel, specifically affecting versions through 3.18.1. An attacker can exploit this by sending crafted fragmented packets, leading to a mesh-node system crash due to an incorrect memory calculation. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity with a network attack vector and low attack complexity, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.13, < 3.14.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.15, < 3.16.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.17, < 3.18.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
5.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0536 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9428Moderate

kernel: remote denial of service via batman-adv module

Nov 18, 2014

References

bugs.debian.org / 774155
Third Party Advisory
git.kernel.org
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147864.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147973.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/5b6698b0e4a37053de35cc24ee695b98a7eb712b
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.open-mesh.org / pipermail/b.a.t.m.a.n/2014-November/012561.html
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/12/31/7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
spinics.net / lists/netdev/msg309425.html
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2515-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2516-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2517-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2518-1
Third Party Advisory