CVE-2014-1438

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 48.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2014-01-18 22:00Z12 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 09:42Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2014-01-13

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

92f621f5272f2ad8f98d9c6e74ed5dec74f32da1e30d7e16632e5b9f535b3e89

• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2135-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2135-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2138-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2138-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2113-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2113-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2141-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2141-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1052914x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140114 Re: Linux kernel: missing CPU-state sanitation during task-switch causes DOS / privilege escalationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/14/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2136-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2136-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securityfocus.com64781http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64781vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2139-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2139-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-1062http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126874.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=26bef1318adc1b3a530ecc807ef99346db2aa8b0x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2134-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2134-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.8x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2014:038http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:038vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2117-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2117-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/26bef1318adc1b3a530ecc807ef99346db2aa8b0x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2133-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2133-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.securitytracker.com1029592http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029592vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-1072http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-January/126858.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20140110 Re: Sanitize CPU-state when switching tasks (was sanitize CPU-state when switching from virtual-8086 mode to other task)https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/1/9/637mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.halfdog.nethttp://www.halfdog.net/Security/2013/Vm86SyscallTaskSwitchKernelPanic/x_refsource_MISC