CVE-2014-3153

HIGHNVD 7.89.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
7.8
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS: 37%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

The futex_requeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5 does not ensure that calls have two different futex addresses, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted FUTEX_REQUEUE command that facilitates unsafe waiter modification.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
9.0(high)
EPSS
98.4%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

June 7, 2014

Last Modified

April 21, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated May 19, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-3039

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3039.html
generic

linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-3038

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3038.html
generic

linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-3037

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-3037.html
generic

linux.oracle.com | ELSA-2014-0771

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0771.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2014-3153(4)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(15)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-image-2.6.32-61-versatile (2.6.32-61.124) @ lucid2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-3.11.0-23-generic-lpae (3.11.0-23.40) @ saucy2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-3.13.0-30-generic-lpae (3.13.0-30.54~precise2) @ precise2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-extra-3.13.0-29-generic (3.13.0-29.53) @ trusty2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-3.11.0-23-generic-lpae (3.11.0-23.40~precise1) @ precise2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-3.2.0-64-generic-pae (3.2.0-64.97) @ precise2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-2.6.32-365-ec2 (2.6.32-365.79) @ lucid2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-3.8.0-42-generic (3.8.0-42.62~precise1) @ precise2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-3.5.0-51-generic (3.5.0-51.77~precise1) @ precise2026-07-22ubuntu
ubuntulinux-image-3.2.0-1449-omap4 (3.2.0-1449.68) @ precise2026-07-22ubuntu
redhatkernel-rt-0:3.10.33-rt32.43.el6rt2014-07-22redhat
redhatkernel-0:2.6.32-358.46.1.el62014-07-17redhat
redhatkernel-0:2.6.32-220.52.1.el62014-06-26redhat
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-123.4.2.el72014-06-24redhat
redhatkernel-0:2.6.32-431.20.3.el62014-06-19redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(11)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 100× in last 7d / 403× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 743 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-22 21:58 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-22 21:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-22 21:54 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-22 19:40 UTCCISA KEV update
  5. 2026-07-22 17:52 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-22 17:52 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-07-22 17:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-22 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-22 13:44 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-07-22 13:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-22 09:36 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-22 09:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-22 05:29 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-22 05:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-22 01:22 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-22 01:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-21 20:35 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-21 20:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-21 16:26 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-21 16:26 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-21 16:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-21 15:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-21 15:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-21 14:37 UTCCISA KEV update
  25. 2026-07-21 12:19 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-07-21 12:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-21 08:11 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-07-21 08:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-21 04:04 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-07-21 04:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-20 23:56 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-07-20 23:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-20 19:49 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-20 19:49 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-07-20 19:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-20 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-20 15:42 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-07-20 15:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-20 11:36 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-20 11:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-20 07:28 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-07-20 07:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-20 03:21 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-07-20 03:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-19 23:13 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-19 23:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-19 19:07 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-19 19:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-19 15:00 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-07-19 15:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-07-19 10:53 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-07-19 10:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-07-19 06:46 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-07-19 06:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-07-19 02:39 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-07-19 02:39 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-07-19 02:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-07-19 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-07-19 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-07-18 22:32 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-07-18 22:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-07-18 18:26 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-07-18 18:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-07-18 14:18 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-07-18 14:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-07-18 10:11 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-07-18 10:11 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-07-18 10:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-07-18 10:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-07-18 06:04 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-07-18 06:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-07-18 01:56 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-07-18 01:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-07-17 21:49 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-07-17 21:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-07-17 17:42 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-07-17 17:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-07-17 13:34 UTCVendor advisory
  54. 2026-07-17 13:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-07-17 09:27 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-07-17 09:27 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-07-17 09:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-07-17 05:20 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-07-17 05:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-07-17 01:14 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-07-17 01:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-07-16 21:06 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-07-16 21:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-07-16 17:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  65. 2026-07-16 17:00 UTCVendor advisory
  66. 2026-07-16 17:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  67. 2026-07-16 16:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  68. 2026-07-16 12:53 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-07-16 12:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-07-16 08:46 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-07-16 08:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-07-16 04:39 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-07-16 04:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-07-16 00:32 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-07-16 00:32 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(9 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (7 GitHub PoCs) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCelongl/CVE-2014-3153
    First seen Oct 31, 2020

    Exploiting CVE-2014-3153, AKA Towelroot.

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCdangtunguyen/TowelRoot
    First seen Sep 27, 2018

    Gain root privilege by exploiting CVE-2014-3153 vulnerability

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCzerodavinci/CVE-2014-3153-exploit
    First seen Nov 8, 2015

    My exploit for kernel exploitation

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoClieanu/CVE-2014-3153
    First seen Jan 12, 2015

    cve2014-3153 exploit for ubuntu x86

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-35370
    First seen Nov 25, 2014

    Linux Kernel 3.14.5 (CentOS 7 / RHEL) - 'libfutex' Local Privilege Escalation

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCgeekben/towelroot
    First seen Sep 20, 2014

    Research of CVE-2014-3153 and its famous exploit towelroot on x86

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCandroid-rooting-tools/libfutex_exploit
    First seen Sep 13, 2014

    CVE-2014-3153 exploit

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCtimwr/CVE-2014-3153
    First seen Jul 24, 2014

    CVE-2014-3153 aka towelroot

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/android/local/futex_requeue✓ verified
    First seen May 3, 2014

    Android 'Towelroot' Futex Requeue Kernel Exploit

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2014-3153?
CVE-2014-3153 is a high vulnerability published on June 7, 2014. The futexrequeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel through 3.14.5 does not ensure that calls have two different futex addresses, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted FUTEXREQUEUE command that facilitates unsafe waiter modification.
When was CVE-2014-3153 disclosed?
CVE-2014-3153 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 7, 2014, with the most recent update on April 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2014-3153 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2014-3153 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 25, 2022, affecting Linux Kernel. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2014-3153?
CVE-2014-3153 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2014-3153?
CVE-2014-3153 affects Linux Kernel. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2014-3153?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2014-3153, 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.

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