What is CVE-2014-0055?

CVE-2014-0055 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2014-0055 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-0055?

CVE-2014-0055 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-0055?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2014-0055. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2014-0055 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-0055 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2014-0055

Medium

The get_rx_bufs function in drivers/vhost/net.c in the vhost-net subsystem in the Linux kernel package before 2.6.32-431.11.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 does not properly handle vhost_get_vq_desc errors, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) via unspecified vectors.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2014-03-26

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2014-0055 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0328.html
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0339.html
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59386
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66441
Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062577

Details

CVE ID CVE-2014-0055

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2014-03-26

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-0055?

CVE-2014-0055 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2014-0055 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-0055?

CVE-2014-0055 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-0055?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2014-0055. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2014-0055 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2014-0055 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.