CVE-2014-3610

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.006 · 48 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.60% (48th) EPSS
CVSS 4.9 · medium
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4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedkmod-kvm-0:83-270.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
  • Fixedkmod-kvm-0:83-270.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
  • Fixedkmod-kvm-debug-0:83-270.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
  • Fixedkmod-kvm-debug-0:83-270.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
  • Fixedkvm-0:83-270.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
  • Fixedkvm-0:83-270.el5_11.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
  • Fixedkvm-0:83-270.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
  • Fixedkvm-0:83-270.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
  • Fixedkvm-debuginfo-0:83-270.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
  • Fixedkvm-debuginfo-0:83-270.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
  • Fixedkvm-qemu-img-0:83-270.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
  • Fixedkvm-qemu-img-0:83-270.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
  • Fixedkvm-tools-0:83-270.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Multi OS (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
  • Fixedkvm-tools-0:83-270.el5_11.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization (v. 5 server)redhat_csaf

    Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The following procedure must be performed before this update will take effect: 1) Stop all KVM guest virtual machines. 2) Either reboot the hypervisor machine or, as the root user, remove (using "modprobe -r [module]") and reload (using "modprobe [module]") all of the following modules which are currently running (determined using "lsmod"): kvm, ksm, kvm-intel or kvm-amd. 3) Restart the KVM guest virtual machines.

    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0869
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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.9mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.9
v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6
v2.05.5mediumAV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:Csecondary · Red Hat Product Security US
v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-248US
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affected products (21)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • RHSA-2015:0869Red Hat Security Advisory: kvm security update2015-04-22csaf · redhat_csafUS

    Updated kvm packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdredhat_csafNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2014-11-10modified 2026-06-17
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references (42)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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