CVE-2014-1642

xen: out-of-memory condition yielding memory corruption during IRQ setup

Published Jan 26, 2014 CVSS 2.0 · 4.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The IRQ setup in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when using device passthrough and configured to support a large number of CPUs, frees certain memory that may still be intended for use, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and hypervisor crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to an out-of-memory error that triggers a (1) use-after-free or (2) double free.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-1716 The IRQ setup in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when using device passthrough and configured to support a large number of CPUs, frees certain memory that may still be intended for use, which allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and hypervisor crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to an out-of-memory error that triggers a (1) use-after-free or (2) double free.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 9:50 AM
Reserved
Jan 23, 2014, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 26, 2014, 4:58 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:05 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jan 23, 2014, 12:00 AM