CVE-2014-0077

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.

CVSS v2.0 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 8.5

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.10	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064440	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59599	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/59386	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66678	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2014-04-14 16:55

Updated : 2023-02-12 16:31

NVD link : CVE-2014-0077

Mitre link : CVE-2014-0077

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

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