CVE-2014-9066

no score yetEPSS 0.4%

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9065.

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 34% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-17
Published: 2014-12-09
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

opensuse:opensuse
xen:xen

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/08/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71546
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-114.html

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