CVE-2014-2986
The vgic_distr_mmio_write function in the virtual guest interrupt controller (GIC) distributor (arch/arm/vgic.c) in Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, allows local guest users to cause a denial
02 Description
The vgic_distr_mmio_write function in the virtual guest interrupt controller (GIC) distributor (arch/arm/vgic.c) in Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, allows local guest users to cause a denial
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-04-28 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-04-23
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 116727df45dd8f676176b7e7a431169c76e619689fd7eb523d64d92997fe1595
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1030146http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030146
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140423 Xen Security Advisory 94 - ARM hypervisor crash on guest interrupt controller accesshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/3
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140423 Xen Security Advisory 94 (CVE-2014-2986) - ARM hypervisor crash on guest interrupt controller accesshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/5
- xenbits.xen.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-94.html
- www.securityfocus.com67047http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67047
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140423 Re: Xen Security Advisory 94 - ARM hypervisor crash on guest interrupt controller accesshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/23/4
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- xen Fixed in 4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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