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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 10, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-8480

CVE-2014-8480

Description

The instruction decoder in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 3.18-rc2 lacks intended decoder-table flags for certain RIP-relative instructions, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via a crafted application.

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  • Linux/Kernel2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=3.18
    • (no CPE)range: < 3.18-rc2

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