CVE-2014-7154

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 02 Oct 2014, 14:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 12:40

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
25/100
CVSS Score
6.1 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.73% LOW
1% probability -0.05%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

02 Oct 2014, 14:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 12:40
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Race condition in HVMOP_track_dirty_vram in Xen 4.0.0 through 4.4.x does not ensure possession of the guarding lock for dirty video RAM tracking, which allows certain local guest domains to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.1AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.73%• Percentile: 73%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-362•Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    19 | 20

  • opensuse•opensuse

    12.3 | 13.1

  • xen•xen

    4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6.1 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.1 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.0:rc1 | 4.4.1

References (10)