Is CVE-2014-9870 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-9870 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-9870?

CVE-2014-9870 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-9870?

CVE-2014-9870 has an EPSS score of 1.02% (59th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9870?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 3.11.5-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-9870

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Linux kernel before 3.11 on ARM platforms, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not properly consider user-space access to the TPIDRURW register, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28749743 and Qualcomm internal bug CR561044.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:3.11.5-1CVE-2014-9870

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.02%probability of exploitation in 30 days

59thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 59% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Vendor Advisory1

source.android.com

Other references1

securityfocus.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.