CVE-2014-1895

Published Apr 1, 2014

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description
Off-by-one error in the flask_security_avc_cachestats function in xsm/flask/flask_op.c in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when the maximum number of physical CPUs are in use, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or obtain sensitive information from hypervisor memory by leveraging a FLASK_AVC_CACHESTAT hypercall, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
5.8
Impact score
7.8
Exploitability score
4.4
Vector string
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-189

Configurations