Is CVE-2014-8171 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-8171 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-8171?

CVE-2014-8171 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-8171?

CVE-2014-8171 has an EPSS score of 0.39% (31th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8171?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 3.12.6-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-8171

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

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.

CWE-399Resource Management Errors

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:3.12.6-1CVE-2014-8171

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.39%probability of exploitation in 30 days

31stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 31% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-399 (Resource Management Errors) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2009-3103	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2009-0075	High	9.3	85%	-	-
CVE-2005-1790	Low	2.6	83%	-	-
CVE-2010-0806	High	8.8	82%	KEV	-
CVE-2009-2526	High	7.8	82%	-	-
CVE-2015-1868	High	7.8	82%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.