6.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2014-1642

CVSSv4: NA | CVSSv3: 6.5 | CVSSv2: 4.4 | VMScore: 540 | EPSS: 0.00083 | KEV: Not Included
Published: 26/01/2014 Updated: 21/11/2024

Vulnerability Summary

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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The IRQ setup in Xen 42x and 43x, 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 ...