CVE-2014-0038

mediumpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.355 · 98 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

7 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

35.5% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 6.9 · medium

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The compat_sys_recvmmsg function in net/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.2, when CONFIG_X86_X32 is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a recvmmsg system call with a crafted timeout pointer parameter.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 10

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.06.6mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Fsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USprimaryCWE-20US

exploits (7)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-31346Linux Kernel 3.4 < 3.13.2 (Ubuntu 13.10) - 'CONFIG_X86_X32' Arbitrary Write (2)functional · exploit_db
EDB-31347Linux Kernel 3.4 < 3.13.2 (Ubuntu 13.04/13.10 x64) - 'CONFIG_X86_X32=y' Local Privilege Escalation (3)functional · exploit_db
EDB-40503Linux Kernel 3.13.1 - 'Recvmmsg' Local Privilege Escalation (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
exploit/linux/local/recvmmsg_priv_escLinux Kernel recvmmsg Privilege Escalationfunctional · metasploit
EDB-31305Linux Kernel 3.4 < 3.13.2 - recvmmsg x32 compat (PoC)PoC · exploit_db
kiruthikan99/IT19115276SNP Assignment 1 Report - Linux box exploitation ( Vulnerability CVE-2014-0038)PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения Linux3.0.0 → 3.13.1fstec_bduRU
linux linux kernel3.11 → 3.12.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel3.13 → 3.13.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel3.4 → 3.4.79nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux kernel3.5 → 3.10.29nvdUScpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse= 12.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-02-06modified 2026-06-17

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references (58)

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