CVE-2014-7188

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
34/100
CVSS Score
8.3 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.35% LOW
2% probability -0.19%
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

The hvm_msr_read_intercept function in arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in Xen 4.1 through 4.4.x uses an improper MSR range for x2APIC emulation, which allows local HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) or read data from the hypervisor or other guests via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 8.3AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.35%• Percentile: 85%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • 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 (17)