CVE-2014-2986
medium
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v4 NEW
—
VIR risk
5.5
Description
The vgic_distr_mmio_write function in the virtual guest interrupt controller (GIC) distributor (arch/arm/vgic.c) in Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host crash) via unspecified vectors.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67047
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030146
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-94.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2986
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.