CVE-2014-1425

cmanager 0.32 does not properly enforce nesting when modifying cgroup properties, which allows local users to set cgroup values for all cgroups via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2015-01-07 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-1425 is rated Low Risk (18.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.13%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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-2014-1425

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 2025-03-30 0.16% 0.13% -0.03%
2 2025-03-29 0.13% 0.16% +0.03%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.13% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1425

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1425

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-1425

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-1425 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cgmanager), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): DNE 2, released 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1425

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1425

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linuxcontainers cgmanager 0.32 cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:cgmanager:0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1425

URL Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2451-1 Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence