CVE-2014-8399

LOW 2.1CVE-2014-8399 · Published 31/10/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-8399 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting shim (shim project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.44%, higher than 38.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
shim shim_project	`= 8`	No fix yet

Description

The default configuration in systemd-shim 8 enables the Abandon debugging clause, which allows local users to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

References

ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2392-1 · Patch
desrt/systemd-shim commit d2e91c1 · Exploit

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