CVE-2014-2986

medium

Description

The vgic_distr_mmio_write function in the virtual guest interrupt controller (GIC) distributor (arch/arm/vgic.c) in Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host crash) via unspecified vectors.

References

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-94.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030146

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67047

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/5

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/4

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-04-28

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00212