CVE-2014-8594
Status: ModifiedMedium (5.4)—
The do_mmu_update function in arch/x86/mm.c in Xen 4.x through 4.4.x does not properly restrict updates to only PV page tables, which allows remote PV guests to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by leveraging hardware emulation services for HVM guests using Hardware Assisted Paging (HAP).
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Base score: 5.4
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.22%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 82
- Score date: 10/11/2026
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 (3)
CWEs
- CWE-20
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62672
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71149
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-109.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98767
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62672
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71149
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-109.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98767
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04
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