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CVE-2014-2706

Published: Apr 14, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-362
NVD MITRE
7.1CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
4.3%
Top 10.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Race condition in the mac80211 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.13.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via network traffic that improperly interacts with the WLAN_STA_PS_STA state (aka power-save mode), related to sta_info.c and tx.c.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:NI:NA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected Products

n/an/a
linux kernellinux
On-premOS
Operating Systems
linuxoracle
On-prem
Databases / cache-message-queue
linux enterprise high availability extensionsuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
suse linux enterprise desktopsuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linuxoss-projectOperating Systemsaka the linux kernel
oraclecommercialUSDatabasesaka oracle corp.
susecommercialDEOperating Systems
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01
source.android.com
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3052.html
linux.oracle.com
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Timeline

Published
Apr 14, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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