CVE-2014-8867

Summary

CVECVE-2014-8867
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-01 15:59:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-17 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.2.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.2.2 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 3.2.3 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.4.0 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen 4.4.1 All All All
Operating System Xen Xen All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3140-1 xen af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
XSA-112 - Xen Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xenbits.xenproject.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201504-04) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Xen CVE-2014-8867 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
404 - Page not found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.citrix.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0226-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Citrix XenServer Multiple Security Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.citrix.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0256-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA59949 - Xen "REP MOVS" Instruction Acceleration Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA62672 - Debian update for xen - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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