CVE-2014-9922

The eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges via a large filesystem stack that includes an overlayfs layer, related to fs/ecryptfs/main.c and fs/overlayfs/super.c.

Published: 2017-04-04 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9922 is rated Moderate Risk (55.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.26%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9922

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 0.07% 1.26% +1.19%
2 2025-03-30 0.27% 0.07% -0.20%
3 2025-03-29 0.27%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9922

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 5.9 [email protected]
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9922

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9922

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9922 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-2014-9922
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9922
suse high CVE-2014-9922 severity important: SUSE including 101 source package names (cluster-network-kmp-bigmem-1.4_3.0.101_108.7-2.32.2.14, cluster-network-kmp-default-1.4_3.0.101_108.7-2.32.2.14, …), 460 product×package rows across 82 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, … (82 product lines)): Known Not Affected 350, Fixed 110. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9922/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9922 medium priority: Ubuntu including 32 source packages (linux, linux-armadaxp, …), 216 status rows across 7 suites (artful, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 145, released 32, not-affected 24, ignored 15. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9922

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9922

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel <= 3.17.8 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android <= 7.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9922

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