A certain Debian patch to the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel 3.2.x through 3.2.63 does not properly validate arguments in ipv6_select_ident function calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging (1) tun or (2) macvtap device access
Published Nov 10, 2014
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
A certain Debian patch to the IPv6 implementation in the Linux kernel 3.2.x through 3.2.63 does not properly validate arguments in ipv6_select_ident function calls, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) by leveraging (1) tun or (2) macvtap device access.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.2
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.1
- 3.2.2
- 3.2.3
- 3.2.4
- 3.2.5
- 3.2.6
- 3.2.7
- 3.2.8
- 3.2.9
- 3.2.10
- 3.2.11
- 3.2.12
- 3.2.13
- 3.2.14
- 3.2.15
- 3.2.16
- 3.2.17
- 3.2.18
- 3.2.19
- 3.2.20
- 3.2.21
- 3.2.22
- 3.2.23
- 3.2.24
- 3.2.25
- 3.2.26
- 3.2.27
- 3.2.28
- 3.2.29
- 3.2.30
- 3.2.31
- 3.2.32
- 3.2.33
- 3.2.34
- 3.2.35
- 3.2.36
- 3.2.37
- 3.2.38
- 3.2.39
- 3.2.40
- 3.2.41
- 3.2.42
- 3.2.43
- 3.2.44
- 3.2.45
- 3.2.46
- 3.2.47
- 3.2.48
- 3.2.49
- 3.2.50
- 3.2.51
- 3.2.52
- 3.2.53
- 3.2.54
- 3.2.55
- 3.2.56
- 3.2.57
- 3.2.58
- 3.2.59
- 3.2.60
- 3.2.61
- 3.2.62
- 3.2.63
- 3.25
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 29.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00376) | 29.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 17.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70867 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7207 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766195 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7207
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7207
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/02/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70867 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7207 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766195 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7207 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7207 |
Change history (0)
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