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CVE-2014-1642

Published: Jan 26, 2014 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.5 IMPORTANT
AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1642
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
XenXen4.2.0 (including)4.2.0 (including)
XenXen4.2.1 (including)4.2.1 (including)
XenXen4.2.2 (including)4.2.2 (including)
XenXen4.2.3 (including)4.2.3 (including)
XenXen4.3.0 (including)4.3.0 (including)
XenXen4.3.1 (including)4.3.1 (including)
XenUbuntudevel*
XenUbuntuprecise*
XenUbuntuquantal*
XenUbunturaring*
XenUbuntusaucy*
XenUbuntuupstream*
Xen-3.3Ubuntuupstream*

References

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