What is CVE-2014-8170?

CVE-2014-8170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ovirt Ovirt-Node, classified under Use of Externally-Controlled Format String. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-09-26.

How severe is CVE-2014-8170?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ovirt Ovirt-Node

CVE-2014-8170

ovirt_safe_delete_config in ovirtfunctions.py and other unspecified locations in ovirt-node 3.0.0-474-gb852fd7 as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 do not properly quote input strings, which allows remote authenticated users and physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a ; (semicolon) in an input string.

Published 2017-09-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.035 (89.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.035 · change: +0.004

Affected products

Ovirt Ovirt-Node — versions 3.0.0-474-gb852fd7
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization — versions 3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-134 — Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

gerrit.ovirt.org/gitweb
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8170?: CVE-2014-8170 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ovirt Ovirt-Node, classified under Use of Externally-Controlled Format String. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2017-09-26.
How severe is CVE-2014-8170?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.