CVE-2014-8866

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.7/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-17

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59937Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62672Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200288
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201794Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71332Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-111.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59937Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/62672Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200288
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201794Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71332Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-111.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 1, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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