CVE-2014-3646
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not have an exit handler for the INVVPID instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS
02 Description
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not have an exit handler for the INVVPID instruction, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-11-10 11:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-05-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-248Uncaught ExceptionBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 05e28761a7edcd2cfc95d9299c7804b4a957df843e44f9d0c82957553fd0fee7
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2418-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2417-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144825
- www.debian.orgDSA-3060http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a642fc305053cc1c6e47e4f4df327895747ab485
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:0481http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0566http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a642fc305053cc1c6e47e4f4df327895747ab485
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2394-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0284http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0284.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20141024 kvm issueshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0126http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0126.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 3.16.7-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-39.66
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.