When was CVE-2014-4943 disclosed?

CVE-2014-4943 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 19, 2014, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2014-4943 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-4943 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 77.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2014-4943?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2014-4943, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2014-4943

NONECVSS 0.0Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated

0.0

The PPPoL2TP feature in net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c in the Linux kernel through 3.15.6 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging data-structure differences between an l2tp socket and an inet socket.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: 0.0(none)
EPSS: 77.7%
KEV: Not listed

References (46)

cve@mitrehttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3cf521f7dc87c031617fd47e4b7aa2593c2f3daf
cve@mitrehttp://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0924.html
cve@mitrehttp://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3047.html
cve@mitrehttp://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3048.html
cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00006.html
cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00007.html
cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
cve@mitrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/1
cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/109277
cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1025.html
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/59790
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/60011
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/60071
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/60220

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