CVE-2014-8171
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8171
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-8171.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-8171
- Downstream
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:13:23.879477Z
- Published
- 2018-02-09T22:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:13:23.879477Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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