CVE-2014-8159 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2014-8159 PUBLISHED

The InfiniBand (IB) implementation in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-504.12.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly restrict use of User Verbs for registration of memory regions, which allows local users to access arbitrary physical memory locations, and consequently cause a denial of service (system crash) or gain privileges, by leveraging permissions on a uverbs device under /dev/infiniband/.

EPSS 0.14% · 34.1th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.14%

34.1th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-utopic	0, 3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2, 3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux	3.12.0-4.12, 3.12.0-5.13, 3.12.0-7.15

Timeline

Dec 31, 2014 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
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Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
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May 19, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8159 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2525-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2526-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2527-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2528-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2529-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2530-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2561-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8159 third-party-advisory

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