CVE-2014-6268

medium

Description

The evtchn_fifo_set_pending function in Xen 4.4.x allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving an uninitialized FIFO-based event channel control block when (1) binding or (2) moving an event to a different VCPU.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95837

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-107.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030829

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69753

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-01-12

Updated: 2017-09-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/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