CVE-2014-0077

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-0077
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-14 23:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptiondrivers/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Complete

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1064440 – CVE-2014-0077 kernel: vhost-net: insufficiency in handling of big packets in handle_rx() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
vhost: fix total length when packets are too short · torvalds/linux@d8316f3 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel 'handle_rx()' Function Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
Security Advisory SA59599 - Ubuntu update for kernel - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.13.10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MITRE git.kernel.org
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