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CVE-2014-8595

arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c in Xen 3.2.1 through 4.4.x does not properly check privileges, which allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) CALL, (2) JMP, (3) RETF, (4) LCALL, (5) LJMP, or (6) LRET far branch instruction.

Published

2014-11-19T18:59:11.707

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 1.9 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-17

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	3.2.1	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	3.2.2	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	3.2.3	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	3.3.0	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	3.3.1	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	3.3.2	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	3.4.0	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	3.4.1	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	3.4.2	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	3.4.3	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	3.4.4	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.0.0	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.0.1	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.0.2	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.0.3	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.0.4	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.1.0	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.1.1	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.1.2	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.1.3	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.1.4	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.1.5	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.1.6.1	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.2.0	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.2.1	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.2.2	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.2.3	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.3.0	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.3.1	Yes
Operating System	xen	xen	4.4.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.2	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/62537 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/62672 ([email protected])
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200288 ([email protected])
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201794 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71151 ([email protected])
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-110.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98768 ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62537 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/62672 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200288 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201794 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71151 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-110.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98768 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)