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CVE-2014-8178

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8178 describes a vulnerability in Docker Engine versions prior to 1.8.3 and CS Docker Engine before 1.6.2-CS7, where the absence of globally unique identifiers for image layers allows attackers to poison the image cache through crafted images during pull or push operations. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5, this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve high integrity impact (I:H), but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.6.2-cs7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:docker:cs_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0049 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cm1 moby-buildx 0.4.1+azure-3 on CBL Mariner 1.0Fixed in: -
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16833-16820Fixed in: -
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 x64Fixed in: 0.4.1+azure-3
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 1.0 ARMFixed in: 0.4.1+azure-3
susepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: docker

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2021-Jul/CVE-2014-8178

CVE-2014-8178

Jul 13, 2021
microsoft2019-Dec/CVE-2014-8178Moderate

Docker Engine before 1.8.3 and CS Docker Engine before 1.6.2-CS7 do not use a globally unique identifier to store image layers which makes it easier for attackers to poison the image cache via a crafted image in pull or push commands.

Dec 10, 2019
redhatCVE-2014-8178Low

docker: Attacker controlled layer IDs lead to local graph content poisoning

Oct 13, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00014.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00036.html
Third Party Advisory
github.com / docker/docker/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
Third Party Advisory
groups.google.com / forum
docker.com / legal/docker-cve-database
Vendor Advisory