CVE-2014-1438 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically affecting AMD K7 and K8 platforms running kernel versions prior to 3.12.8. The flaw in the restore_fpu_checking function allows a local attacker to trigger a task kill or potentially escalate privileges through a specially crafted application. With a CVSS score of 4.7 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), this vulnerability has a low severity, requiring local access and moderate attack complexity to achieve a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.12.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.12.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.12.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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