Description
The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a crafted application.
Published: 2014-11-10
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8317 The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a crafted application.
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:18:48.307Z

Reserved: 2014-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8480

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-11-10T11:55:09.720

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-8480

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2014-10-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-8480 - Bugzilla

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