CVE-2014-1896

Published Apr 1, 2014

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

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."
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.9
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
4.4
Vector string
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-20

Configurations