What is CVE-2014-8160?

CVE-2014-8160 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, classified as a Improper Input Validation flaw (CWE-20). CVE-2014-8160 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-8160?

CVE-2014-8160 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-8160?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2014-8160 patch availability.

Is CVE-2014-8160 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-8160 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2014-8160

Medium

net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18 generates incorrect conntrack entries during handling of certain iptables rule sets for the SCTP, DCCP, GRE, and UDP-Lite protocols, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via packets with disallowed port numbers.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2015-03-02

Last modified 2026-05-06

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.0

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Availability

None

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-20

CVE-2014-8160 is a Improper Input Validation vulnerability

What is Improper Input Validation?

The product receives input but does not validate it correctly, allowing attackers to craft inputs that cause unexpected behavior. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

22 total

Openwall
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/14/3

Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
Spinics
http://www.spinics.net/lists/netfilter-devel/msg33430.html

Patch Third Party Advisory
GitHub
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/db29a9508a9246e77087c5531e45b2c88ec6988b

Patch Third Party Advisory
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=db29a9508a9246e77087c5531e45b2c88ec6988b
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00020.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2014-8160

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.0 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2015-03-02

Modified 2026-05-06

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8160?

CVE-2014-8160 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10 , classified as an Improper Input Validation flaw (CWE-20) . CVE-2014-8160 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-8160?

CVE-2014-8160 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-8160?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2014-8160 patch availability.
Is CVE-2014-8160 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2014-8160 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.