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CVE-2014-8181

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—

The kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and MRG-2 does not clear garbage data for SG_IO buffer, which may leaking sensitive information to userspace.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Redhat — Enterprise LinuxRedhat — Enterprise MRG

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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