CVE-2014-9357

Docker 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges via a crafted (1) image or (2) build in a Dockerfile in an LZMA (.xz) archive, related to the chroot for archive extraction.

Published: 2014-12-16 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9357 is rated High Risk (79/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 36.18%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +11.57% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize 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-2014-9357

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 2026-04-01 24.61% 36.18% +11.57%
2 2026-03-09 20.45% 24.61% +4.16%
3 2025-11-17 20.45%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9357

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9357

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-9357

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9357

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9357 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (docker.io), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9357
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9357
suse high https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9357/
ubuntu high CVE-2014-9357 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (docker.io), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): DNE 3, not-affected 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9357

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9357

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
docker docker 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9357

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