CVE-2014-8866
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.7
Description
The compatibility mode hypercall argument translation in Xen 3.3.x through 4.4.x, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local 32-bit HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving altering the high halves of registers while in 64-bit mode.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
| suse | 13.2 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.4.1-5 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.4.1-5 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.4.1-5 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.4.1-5 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.4.1-5 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59937
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62672
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200288
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201794
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71332
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-111.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8866
CWEs
CWE-17
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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