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CVE-2014-3645
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not have an exit handler for the INVEPT instruction, which…
Low2.1EPSS 0.41%
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- redhat
Description
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.12 does not have an exit handler for the INVEPT instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144835 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2418-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2417-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-3060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bfd0a56b90005f8c8a004baf407ad90045c2b11e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0284 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20141024 kvm issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0126 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=bfd0a56b90005f8c8a004baf407ad90045c2b11e (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)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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