CVE-2014-9900

The ethtool_get_wol function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28803952 and Qualcomm internal bug CR570754.

Published: 2016-08-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9900 is rated Low Risk (36.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.52%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9900

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 0.14% 0.52% +0.38%
2 2025-03-30 0.32% 0.14% -0.18%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9900

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9900

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9900

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2014-9900 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9900
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9900
suse low — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9900/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9900 medium priority: Ubuntu including 85 source packages (linux, linux-armadaxp, …), 720 status rows across 12 suites (artful, bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 475, not-affected 115, released 98, ignored 32. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9900

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9900

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google android <= 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel <= 4.7 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9900

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