CVE-2014-1642

N/A Unknown
Published: January 26, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

The IRQ setup in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when using device passthrough and configured to support a large number of CPUs, frees certain memory that may still be intended for use, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and hypervisor crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to an out-of-memory error that triggers a (1) use-after-free or (2) double free.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/102406
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/56557
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-83.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/102406
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/56557
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/23/4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65097
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029679
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-83.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90649
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.2%
39th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

xen