CVE - CVE-2014-8866

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-8866	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The compatibility mode hypercall argument translation in Xen 3.3.x through 4.4.x, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local 32-bit HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving altering the high halves of registers while in 64-bit mode.
References
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BID:71332 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71332 CONFIRM:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200288 CONFIRM:http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201794 CONFIRM:http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-111.html DEBIAN:DSA-3140 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140 GENTOO:GLSA-201504-04 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 SECUNIA:59937 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/59937 SECUNIA:62672 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/62672 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:0226 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:0256 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20141114	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20141114)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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