CVE-2014-0484

The Debian acpi-support package before 0.140-5+deb7u3 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to the "user's environment."

Published: 2014-09-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-0484 is rated Low Risk (39.2/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0484

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.37% +0.33%
2 2025-03-30 0.14% 0.04% -0.10%
3 2025-03-17 0.14%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0484

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0484

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0484

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-0484 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (acpi-support), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0484
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-0484 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (acpi-support), 4 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): DNE 1, ignored 1, needed 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0484

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0484

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
canonical acpi-support 0.140 cpe:2.3:a:canonical:acpi-support:0.140:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0484

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