Is CVE-2014-8172 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-8172 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-8172?

CVE-2014-8172 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-8172?

CVE-2014-8172 has an EPSS score of 0.38% (30th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8172?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 3.13.4-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-8172

MEDIUM

4.9

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.13 performs certain operations on lists of files with an inappropriate locking approach, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (soft lockup or system crash) via unspecified use of Asynchronous I/O (AIO) operations.

CWE-17

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:3.13.4-1CVE-2014-8172

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

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.38%probability of exploitation in 30 days

30thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 30% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2015-0240	High	10.0	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2015-3183	Medium	5.0	73%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-9222	High	10.0	64%	-	-
CVE-2015-4620	High	7.8	38%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-9707	High	7.5	28%	-	-
CVE-2015-2526	Medium	5.0	24%	-	-

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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 2026-05-06.