CVE-2014-1642
The IRQ setup in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when using device passthrough and configured to support a large number of CPUs, frees certain memory that may still be intended for use, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (memory…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.44%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The IRQ setup in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when using device passthrough and configured to support a large number of CPUs, frees certain memory that may still be intended for use, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and hypervisor crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to an out-of-memory error that triggers a (1) use-after-free or (2) double free.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.44% probability · 38th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- xen/xen
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127580.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127607.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html
- http://osvdb.org/102406
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56557Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/23/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65097
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029679
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-83.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90649
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127580.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127607.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html
- http://osvdb.org/102406
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56557Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/23/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65097
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029679
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-83.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90649
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.