CVE-2014-8171
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.5)—
The memory resource controller (aka memcg) in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by spawning new processes within a memory-constrained cgroup.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.38%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 30
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (3)
CWE
- CWE-399
Referencias
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2152.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2411.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74293
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198109
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0864.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2152.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2411.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74293
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198109
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