CVE-2014-7156

Severity

32%

Complexity

65%

Confidentiality

48%

The x86_emulate function in arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c in Xen 3.3.x through 4.4.x does not check the supervisor mode permissions for instructions that generate software interrupts, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors.

The x86_emulate function in arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c in Xen 3.3.x through 4.4.x does not check the supervisor mode permissions for instructions that generate software interrupts, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Xen

First reported 10 years ago

2014-10-02 14:55:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

Xen 3.3.0

3.3.0

Xen 3.3.1

3.3.1

Xen 3.3.2

3.3.2

Xen 4.1.0

4.1.0

Xen 4.1.1

4.1.1

Xen 4.1.2

4.1.2

Xen 4.1.3

4.1.3

Xen 4.1.4

4.1.4

Xen 4.1.5

4.1.5

Xen 4.1.6.1

4.1.6.1

Xen 4.2.0

4.2.0

Xen 4.2.1

4.2.1

Xen 4.2.2

4.2.2

Xen 4.2.3

4.2.3

Xen Xen 4.3.0

4.3.0

Xen 4.3.1

4.3.1

Xen Xen 4.4.0

4.4.0

Xen 4.4.0 release candidate 1

4.4.0

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