CVE-2014-0077

Published Apr 14, 2014

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: drivers/vhost/net.c in the Linux kernel before 3.13.10, when mergeable buffers are disabled, does not properly validate packet lengths, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and host OS crash) or possibly gain privileges on the host OS via crafted packets, related to the handle_rx and get_rx_bufs functions.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.5
Impact score: 8.5
Exploitability score: 2.5
Vector string: AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "3BA91F47-37E8-4342-848A-045504854388",
            "versionEndExcluding": "3.13.10"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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