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CVE-2014-3968

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—

The HVMOP_inject_msi function in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows local guest HVM administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a large number of crafted requests, which trigger an error messages to be logged.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Opensuse — OpensuseXEN — XEN

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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