CVE-2014-8171medium
Description
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.
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1198109
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74293
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0068.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2411.html
Details
Source: MITRE
Published: 2018-02-09
Updated: 2019-04-22
Type: CWE-399
Risk Information
CVSS v2
Base Score: 4.9
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Impact Score: 6.9
Exploitability Score: 3.9
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS v3
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 1.8
Severity: MEDIUM