VDB
CVE-2014-8171
CVE-2014-8171
REJECTED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
The memory resource controller (aka memcg) in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by spawning new processes within a memory-constrained cgroup.
EPSS 0.38% · 29.8th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.38%
29.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-gke | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-utopic | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-wily | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-aws | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-hwe | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-xenial | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-vivid | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-snapdragon | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux | 3.11.0-12.19, 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-aws | 0 |
Timeline
- Apr 23, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 6, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 30, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8171 third-party-advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3812c8c8f3953921ef18544110dafc3505c1ac62 third-party-advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4942642080ea82d99ab5b653abb9a12b7ba31f4a third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8171 third-party-advisory