CVE-2014-1896

N/A Unknown
Published: April 01, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

The (1) do_send and (2) do_recv functions in io.c in libvchan in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4-RC series allows local guests to cause a denial of service or possibly gain privileges via crafted xenstore ring indexes, which triggers a "read or write past the end of the ring."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-86.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa86.patch
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/07/12
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/10/7
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-86.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/xsa86.patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
34th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

xen