CVE-2014-9922: google android
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-9922 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in google android. EPSS estimates a 1.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 04-04-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges via a large filesystem stack that includes an overlayfs layer, related to fs/ecryptfs/main.c and fs/overlayfs/super.c.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.27%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
70%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.27% 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: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu13 products
- linux< 3.13.0-1.16 | < 4.2.0-16.19
- linux-aws< 4.4.0-1002.2 | < 4.4.0-1001.10
- linux-azure< 4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1 | < 4.11.0-1009.9
- linux-euclid< 4.4.0-9019.20
- linux-gcp< 4.10.0-1004.4
Debian1 product
- linux< 4.0.2-1
Google1 product
- android≤ 7.1.1
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel≤ 3.17.8
4 vendors · 16 products
References
8 links- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-04-01.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/69c433ed2ecd2d3264efd7afec4439524b319121X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory