What is CVE-2014-3181?

CVE-2014-3181 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10, classified as a Buffer Overflow flaw (CWE-119). CVE-2014-3181 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-3181?

CVE-2014-3181 has a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-3181?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2014-3181 patch availability.

Is CVE-2014-3181 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-3181 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CVE-2014-3181

Medium

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the magicmouse_raw_event function in drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c in the Magic Mouse HID driver in the Linux kernel through 3.16.3 allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted device that provides a large amount of (1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with an event.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2014-09-28

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

6.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness type

CWE-119

CVE-2014-3181 is a Buffer Overflow vulnerability

What is Buffer Overflow?

The product performs operations on a memory buffer but reads or writes outside its intended boundaries. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

13 total

Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c54def7bd64d7c0b6993336abcffb8444795bf38

Broken Link Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html

Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1318.html

Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/11/21

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2014-3181

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2014-09-28

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-3181?

CVE-2014-3181 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10 , classified as a Buffer Overflow flaw (CWE-119) . CVE-2014-3181 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-3181?

CVE-2014-3181 has a CVSS score of 6.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-3181?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2014-3181 patch availability.
Is CVE-2014-3181 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2014-3181 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.