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CVE-2014-8172
CVE-2014-8172
REJECTED
The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.13 performs certain operations on lists of files with an inappropriate locking approach, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup or system crash) via unspecified use of Asynchronous I/O (AIO) operations.
EPSS 0.04% · 14.0th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.04%
14.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-aws | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-wily | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-hwe | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-xenial | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-snapdragon | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-gke | 0 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-vivid | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-utopic | 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux | 3.11.0-12.19, 0, 3.12.0-4.12 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-aws | 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- [oss-security] 20150309 CVE-2014-8172 (circl)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87 (circl)
- RHSA-2015:0694 (circl)
- RHSA-2015:0290 (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198503 (circl)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/eee5cc2702929fd41cce28058dc6d6717f723f87 (circl)
Timeline
- Mar 10, 2015 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8172 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/09 third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8172 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8172 third-party-advisory