What is CVE-2014-5045?

CVE-2014-5045 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.2 out of 10. CVE-2014-5045 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-5045?

CVE-2014-5045 has a CVSS score of 6.2 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-5045?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2014-5045. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2014-5045 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-5045 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2014-5045

Medium

The mountpoint_last function in fs/namei.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.8 does not properly maintain a certain reference count during attempts to use the umount system call in conjunction with a symlink, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via the umount program.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2014-08-01

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

6.2

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-59

CVE-2014-5045 is classified as CWE-59

See CWE-59 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2014-5045 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0062.html

Third Party Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/60353

Third Party Advisory
Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/24/2

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68862

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122472

Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212
Patch
Kernel patch commit
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.15.8
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/295dc39d941dc2ae53d5c170365af4c9d5c16212
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2014-5045

Severity Medium

CVSS score 6.2 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2014-08-01

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-5045?

CVE-2014-5045 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.2 out of 10 . CVE-2014-5045 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-5045?

CVE-2014-5045 has a CVSS score of 6.2 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-5045?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2014-5045. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2014-5045 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2014-5045 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.