CVE-2014-2706

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-04-14 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-2706 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.10%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-2706

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2706

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 2025-11-28 3.65% 3.10% -0.54%
2 2025-09-22 3.94% 3.65% -0.29%
3 2025-05-27 — 3.94% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2706

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2706

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-2706

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2014-2706 low 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-2014-2706
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2706
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-2706 medium priority: Ubuntu including 30 source packages (linux, linux-armadaxp, …), 314 status rows across 12 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 217, released 41, ignored 33, not-affected 23. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2706

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2706

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel < 3.2.56 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 3.3, < 3.4.84 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 3.5, < 3.10.34 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 3.11, < 3.12.15 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 3.13, < 3.13.7 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle linux 6 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle linux 7 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_high_availability_extension:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3:*:*:*:-:*:*
suse suse_linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:-:*:*
suse suse_linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:vmware:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2706

URL Tags
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d147bfa64293b2723c4fec50922168658e613ba
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3052.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60613 Broken Link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.7 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/01/8 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66591 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038201 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70551#c18 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083512 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1d147bfa64293b2723c4fec50922168658e613ba Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01 Patch Third Party Advisory
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