VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-8867
The acceleration support for the "REP MOVS" instruction in Xen 4.4.x, 3.2.x, and earlier lacks properly bounds checking for memory mapped I/O (MMIO) emulated in the hypervisor, which allows local HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) via…
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 0.46%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.46%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The acceleration support for the "REP MOVS" instruction in Xen 4.4.x, 3.2.x, and earlier lacks properly bounds checking for memory mapped I/O (MMIO) emulated in the hypervisor, which allows local HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.46% probability · 39th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-17
- Affected
- redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · xen/xen · debian/debian linux · opensuse/opensuse
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0783.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59949Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62672Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200288
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201794
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71331Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-112.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0783.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59949Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62672Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200288
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201794
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71331Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-112.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.