Improper input validation in Xen

CVE-2014-8594

The do_mmu_update function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.x through 4.4.x does not properly restrict updates to only PV page tables, which allows remote PV guests to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging hardware emulation services for HVM guests using Hardware Assisted Paging (HAP).

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.022 (80.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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