What is CVE-2014-3610?

CVE-2014-3610 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2014-3610 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-3610?

CVE-2014-3610 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-3610?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2014-3610. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2014-3610 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-3610 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2014-3610

Medium

The WRMSR processing functionality in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.17.2 does not properly handle the writing of a non-canonical address to a model-specific register, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) by leveraging guest OS privileges, related to the wrmsr_interception function in arch/x86/kvm/svm.c and the handle_wrmsr function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2014-11-10

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2014-3610 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00010.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Red Hat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0869.html

Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3060

Third Party Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70742

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2394-1

Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2417-1

Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2418-1

Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu Security
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=854e8bb1aa06c578c2c9145fa6bfe3680ef63b23
Patch
Kernel patch commit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/9
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144883
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2014-3610

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2014-11-10

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-3610?

CVE-2014-3610 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2014-3610 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-3610?

CVE-2014-3610 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-3610?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2014-3610. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2014-3610 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2014-3610 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.