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CVE-2014-7970

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.67%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-10-13 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2014-7970
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.67%
Linux

Original NVD Description

The pivot_root implementation in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17 does not properly interact with certain locations of a chroot directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (mount-tree loop) via . (dot) values in both arguments to the pivot_root system call.