8.3

CVE-2014-7188: xen Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-7188DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7188
Published 02-10-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-7188 is a high (CVSS 8.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.3, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.3/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.86%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DSA-3041-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1

Timeline

  1. 02-10-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability 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

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.86% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • xen< 4.4.1-3
Ubuntu1 product
  • xen< 4.4.0-0ubuntu5.2
Xen1 product
  • xen4.1.0 | 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

3 vendors · 3 products

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