What is CVE-2014-8369?

CVE-2014-8369 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Linux_kernel, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2014-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2014-8369?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2014-8369 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Linux Linux_kernel

CVE-2014-8369

The kvm_iommu_map_pages function in virt/kvm/iommu.c in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 miscalculates the number of pages during the handling of a mapping failure, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS page unpi…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (23.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel
Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
Opensuse Evergreen — versions 11.4
Suse Linux_enterprise_real_time_extension — versions 11
Suse Suse_linux_enterprise_server — versions 11
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

70749 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
SUSE-SU-2015:0736 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
[linux-kernel] 20141024 [PATCH 13/14] kvm: fix excessive pages un-pinning in kvm_iommu_map error path. (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
DSA-3093 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
62326 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
SUSE-SU-2015:0481 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
openSUSE-SU-2015:0566 (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
[oss-security] 20141024 CVE-2014-8369 - Linux kernel iommu.c excessive unpinning (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8369?: CVE-2014-8369 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Linux_kernel, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2014-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2014-8369?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-8369 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.