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CVE-2014-3610

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3610 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the KVM subsystem of the Linux kernel, affecting versions through 3.17.2, including distributions like Canonical, Debian, openSUSE, and SUSE. This flaw allows a guest OS user with privileges to crash the host OS by writing a non-canonical address to a model-specific register. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges on the guest OS, with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.17.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:evergreen:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (4)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kvm-0:83-270.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kvm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-3610Important

kernel: kvm: noncanonical MSR writes

Oct 21, 2014

References

git.kernel.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0869.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/854e8bb1aa06c578c2c9145fa6bfe3680ef63b23
ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3060
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/70742
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2394-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2417-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2418-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2491-1
Third Party Advisory