CVE-2014-3967 (GCVE-0-2014-3967)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-06-05 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 10:57
VLAI
Summary
The HVMOP_inject_msi function in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x does not properly check the return value from the IRQ setup check, which allows local HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via unspecified vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-96.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030322 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67794 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/0… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2014-06-03 00:00
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