VDB
CVE-2014-8480
CVE-2014-8480
REJECTED
The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a crafted application.
EPSS 0.07% · 22.0th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.07%
22.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-vivid | 0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156615 (circl)
- 70710 (circl)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3f6f1480d86bf9fc16c160d803ab1d006e3058d5 (circl)
- [kvm] 20141013 [PATCH 0/2] KVM: x86: Fixing clflush/hint_nop/prefetch (circl)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/23/7 (vulncheck-nvd)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3f6f1480d86bf9fc16c160d803ab1d006e3058d5 (vulncheck-nvd)
Timeline
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
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- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8480 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8480 third-party-advisory