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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,…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.81%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.5 | AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.81% · top 43% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- 66678 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064440 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 59386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 59599 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d8316f3991d207fe32881a9ac20241be8fa2bad0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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