5.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2014-0077

Published: 14/04/2014 Updated: 13/02/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.5 | Impact Score: 8.5 | Exploitability Score: 2.5
VMScore: 490
Vector: AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

drivers/vhost/net.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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.

Vulnerability Trend

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Vendor Advisories

The ip6_route_add function in net/ipv6/routec in the Linux kernel through 3136 does not properly count the addition of routes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a flood of ICMPv6 Router Advertisement packets drivers/vhost/netc in the Linux kernel before 31310, when mergeable buffers are disab ...
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Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel ...