CVE-2014-3181

medium
Published 2014-09-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the magicmouse_raw_event function in drivers/hid/hid-magicmouse.c in the Magic Mouse HID driver in the Linux kernel through 3.16.3 allow physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted device that provides a large amount of (1) EHCI or (2) XHCI data associated with an event.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3181

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.16.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.16.5-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.16.5-1
debian debiansidfixed3.16.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.16.5-1
linux linux-kernelaffected3.2.63

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.