CVE-2014-8866

Medium

Description

The compatibility mode hypercall argument translation in Xen 3.3.x through 4.4.x, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local 32-bit HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving altering the high halves of registers while in 64-bit mode.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.7
Exploit probability—
ProductDebian Linux
PublishedDec 1, 2014
First seenDec 1, 2014

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian debian_linux7.0—
xen xen3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6.1, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.4.0—
opensuse opensuse13.1, 13.2—

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