CVE-2014-3125

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 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: 2014-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, does not properly context switch the CNTKCTL_EL1 register, which allows local guest users to modify the hardware timers and cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

xen: 4.4.0, 4.4.0-rc1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/58347
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67157
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030184
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-91.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/58347
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/11
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67157
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030184
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-91.html

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