Vulnerability in Xen
CVE-2014-8595
arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c in Xen 3.2.1 through 4.4.x does not properly check privileges, which allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) CALL, (2) JMP, (3) RETF, (4) LCALL, (5) LJMP, or (6) LRET far branch instruction.
EPSS: 0.004 (33.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Xen — versions 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0
- Opensuse — versions 13.1, 13.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)