THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-2706
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-2706

Linux Kernel vulnerability

CVSS
7.1
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Race condition in the mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via network traffic that improperly interacts with the WLAN_STA_PS_STA state (aka power-save mode), related to sta_info.c and tx.c.
Affected vendor
Linux
Affected product
Linux Kernel
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2014-04-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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