CVE-2014-7156
The x86_emulate function in arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c in Xen 3.3.x through 4.4.x does not check the supervisor mode permissions for instructions that generate software interrupts, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors.
- EPSS
- 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 58% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- xen:xen
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140418.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140483.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61500