CVE-2014-7155
Status: ModifiedMedium (5.8)—
The x86_emulate function in arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c in Xen 4.4.x and earlier does not properly check supervisor mode permissions, which allows local HVM users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) or gain guest kernel mode privileges via vectors involving an (1) HLT, (2) LGDT, (3) LIDT, or (4) LMSW instruction.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 5.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.97%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 61
- Score date: 10/12/2026
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 (4)
CWEs
- CWE-264
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140418.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140483.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61890
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-42.xml
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200218
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3041
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70057
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030888
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-105.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140418.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140483.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61890
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-42.xml
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200218
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3041
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70057
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030888
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-105.html
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