CVE-2014-6407: docker
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-6407 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in docker. EPSS estimates a 4.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.3 (OSV · Wolfi); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 5% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Duplicates 1 · Related 6Timeline
- 12-12-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Docker before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a (1) symlink or (2) hard link attack in an image archive in a (a) pull or (b) load operation.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated7.3HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.3HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS trend
Probability
4.91%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
92%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 4.91% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard8 products
- dockerAll versions (No fix recorded)
- docker-config-mirror-gcrAll versions (No fix recorded)
- docker-dindAll versions (No fix recorded)
- docker-initAll versions (No fix recorded)
- docker-oci-entrypointAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi8 products
- dockerAll versions (No fix recorded)
- docker-config-mirror-gcrAll versions (No fix recorded)
- docker-dindAll versions (No fix recorded)
- docker-initAll versions (No fix recorded)
- docker-oci-entrypointAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- docker.io< 1.3.2~dfsg1-1
Docker1 product
- docker≤ 1.3.1 | 1.0.0 | 1.3.0
Github.com/docker1 product
- docker< 1.3.2
Ubuntu1 product
- docker.io< 1.6.2~dfsg1-1ubuntu4~14.04.1
6 vendors · 20 products
References
19 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-December/145154.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA