CVE-2014-4508

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4508DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4508
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 23 Jun 2014, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 11:20

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
19/100
CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.41% LOW
0% probability +0.37%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

23 Jun 2014, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 11:20
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S in the Linux kernel through 3.15.1 on 32-bit x86 platforms, when syscall auditing is enabled and the sep CPU feature flag is set, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS and system crash) via an invalid syscall number, as demonstrated by number 1000.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.41%• Percentile: 35%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-189•Numeric Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04

  • debian•linux

    < 3.14.9-1 | < 3.14.9-1 | < 3.14.9-1 | < 3.14.9-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-35.62

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all | all

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 3.15.1

References (20)