Vulnerability in Xen

CVE-2014-7188

The hvm_msr_read_intercept function in arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in Xen 4.1 through 4.4.x uses an improper MSR range for x2APIC emulation, which allows local HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) or read data from the hypervisor or other guests via unspecified vectors.

EPSS: 0.009 (54.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Xen — versions 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References