CVE-2014-6497

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Kernel.

Published: 2014-10-15 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-6497 is rated Low Risk (24.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-6497

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 2025-08-12 0.15% 0.04% -0.10%
2 2025-03-30 0.18% 0.15% -0.03%
3 2025-03-29 0.18%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-6497

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-6497

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-6497

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun sunos 5.11 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-6497

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