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CVE-2014-9900

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9900 is a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ethtool_get_wol function, affecting Android devices like Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) running specific kernel versions. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) allows local users to obtain sensitive information through a crafted application due to an uninitialized data structure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9900Moderate

kernel: Info leak in uninitialized structure ethtool_wolinfo in ethtool_get_wol()

Jul 25, 2017

References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
Vendor Advisory
source.codeaurora.org / quic/la/kernel/msm-3.10/commit
Issue TrackingPatch
securityfocus.com / bid/92222