CVE-2014-2986

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The vgic_distr_mmio_write function in the virtual guest interrupt controller (GIC) distributor (arch/arm/vgic.c) in Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host crash) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

xen: 4.4.0, 4.4.0-rc1

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67047
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030146
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-94.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67047
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030146
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-94.html

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