CVE-2014-8480

Published: Nov 10, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

4.9

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.9

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Linux: Linux Kernel

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Linux Linux Kernel	Up to 3.18

Related CWEs

References (12)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3f6f1480d86bf9fc16c160d803ab1d006e3058d5

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/128427

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/23/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70710

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156615

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3f6f1480d86bf9fc16c160d803ab1d006e3058d5

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=3f6f1480d86bf9fc16c160d803ab1d006e3058d5

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.kvm.devel/128427

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/23/7

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70710

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1156615

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3f6f1480d86bf9fc16c160d803ab1d006e3058d5

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

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