CVE-2014-8481 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before version 3.18-rc2. It allows a guest OS user to crash the host OS by triggering a NULL pointer dereference through a crafted application that exploits improper instruction handling in the instruction decoder. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9 (medium severity), indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity, leading to a complete 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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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