CVE-2014-9585

Exp

The vdso_addr function in arch/x86/vdso/vma.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.2 does not properly choose memory locations for the vDSO area, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by guessing a location at the end of a PMD.

Published: 2015-01-09 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9585 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.56%). 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-2014-9585

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9585

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 0.04% 0.56% +0.51%
2 2025-06-06 0.12% 0.04% -0.08%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.12% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9585

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-2014-9585

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9585

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9585 not yet assigned 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-2014-9585
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9585
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9585 medium priority: Ubuntu including 102 source packages (linux, linux-armadaxp, …), 921 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, focal, jammy, lucid, noble, plucky, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 625, not-affected 140, released 109, ignored 47. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9585

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9585

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel <= 3.18.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_aus 6.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_aus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 6.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 6.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse evergreen 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:evergreen:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_real_time_extension 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_workstation_extension 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 21 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
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-2014-9585

URL Tags
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/luto/linux.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bc3b94c31d65e761ddfe150d02932c65971b74e2
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fbe1bf140671619508dfa575d74a185ae53c5dbb
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148480.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00035.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00000.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1081.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1778.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1787.html Third Party Advisory
http://v0ids3curity.blogspot.in/2014/12/return-to-vdso-using-elf-auxiliary.html Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3170 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:058 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/09/10 Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/09/8 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71990 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2513-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2514-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2515-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2516-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2517-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2518-1 Third Party Advisory
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