UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7842

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CVE-2014-7842
Published: 29 Nov 2014, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 09:50

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
0/100
CVSS Score
No data
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

29 Nov 2014, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 09:50
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Race condition in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in the Linux kernel before 3.17.4 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) via a crafted application that performs an MMIO transaction or a PIO transaction to trigger a guest userspace emulation error report, a similar issue to CVE-2010-5313.

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-44.73

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic

    < 3.16.0-29.39~14.04.1

References (10)