CVE-2014-0972

The kgsl graphics driver for the Linux kernel 3.x, as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products, does not properly prevent write access to IOMMU context registers, which allows local users to select a custom page table, and consequently write to arbitrary memory locations, by using a crafted GPU command stream to modify the contents of a certain register.

Published: 2014-08-01 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-0972 is rated Moderate Risk (40/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.40%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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-2014-0972

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 0.05% 0.40% +0.35%
2 2025-03-30 0.21% 0.05% -0.16%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.21% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0972

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-2014-0972

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0972

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2014-0972 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0972
ubuntu high CVE-2014-0972 high priority: Ubuntu including 30 source packages (linux, linux-armadaxp, …), 275 status rows across 10 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 192, not-affected 66, ignored 17. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0972

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0972

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
codeaurora android-msm 3.2.54 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.2.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.4.72 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.4.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.4.73 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.4.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.4.74 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.4.74:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.4.75 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.4.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.4.76 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.4.76:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.4.77 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.4.77:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.4.78 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.4.78:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.4.79 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.4.79:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.10 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.10.22 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.10.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.10.23 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.10.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.10.24 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.10.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.10.25 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.10.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.10.26 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.10.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.10.27 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.10.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.10.28 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.10.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.10.29 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.10.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.12.3 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.12.4 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.12.5 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.12.6 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.12.7 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.12.8 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.12.9 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.12.10 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.13 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.13 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.13 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.13 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.13 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.13 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.13 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.13 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.13:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.13 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.13:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.13.1 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.13.2 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.14 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.14:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
codeaurora android-msm 3.14 cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.14:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0972

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