CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-5148
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-10-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system and "handling an unknown system register access from 64-bit userspace," returns to an instruction of the trap handler for kernel space faults instead of an instruction that is associated with faults in 64-bit userspace, which allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted process.
Affected configurations
• xen xen 4.4.1
• xen xen 4.4.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59934 secunia.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69189 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030725 www.securitytracker.com
- http://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-103.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95233 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59934 secunia.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69189 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030725 www.securitytracker.com
- http://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-103.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95233 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com