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CVE-2014-8171

CVSS v3.0 5.5 (Medium)
55% Progress
CVSS v2.0 4.9 (Medium)
49% Progress
EPSS 0.04 % (5th)
0.04% Progress
Affected Products 3
Advisories 6
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The memory resource controller (aka memcg) in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by spawning new processes within a memory-constrained cgroup.

Weaknesses
CWE-399
Resource Management Errors
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2018-02-09 22:29:00
(6 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-13 00:44:18
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Linux

Redhat

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0
  Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0