Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-8134

Title: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-8134.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Dec 12, 2014
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 3.3 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.09%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-8134: The paravirt_ops_setup function in arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18 uses an improper paravirt_enabled setting for KVM guest kernels, which makes it easier for guest OS users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted application that reads a 16-bit value.

Impacted Vendors

C
cyrix 1
C
conectiva 1
U
ubuntu 2
O
opensuse 2
S
suse 2
N
novell 1
E
evergreen-ils 1
L
linux 1
C
canonical 1
O
oracle 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-8134.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html http://secunia.com/advisories/62336 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71650 http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg111458.html https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1400314 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909078 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172765 https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K17120 https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K17120?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00009.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-8134.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0855.html http://secunia.com/advisories/62336 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71650 http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg111458.html https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1400314 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909078 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172765 https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K17120 https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K17120?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
3.3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
1.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-8134 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.