| Release Date: | 2014-09-23 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
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.
See more information about CVE-2014-7155 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score: | 6.2 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle VM version 3.2 (xen) | OVMSA-2014-0026 | 2014-10-01 |
| Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen) | OVMSA-2014-0025 | 2014-10-01 |
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