CVE-2014-0100 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2014-0100?

CVE-2014-0100 is a critical vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 11 Mar 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in the inet_frag_intern function in net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c in the Linux kernel through 3.13.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free error) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large series of fragmented ICMP Echo Request packets to a system with a heavy CPU load.

Weakness: CWE-416, CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0100?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0100?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2014-0100 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0100 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0100, GHSA-vrjq-5hcv-6mhv.