CVE-2014-8867

xen: Insufficient bounding of "REP MOVS" to MMIO emulated inside the hypervisor (xsa112)

Severity Score

10.0

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The acceleration support for the "REP MOVS" instruction in Xen 4.4.x, 3.2.x, and earlier lacks properly bounds checking for memory mapped I/O (MMIO) emulated in the hypervisor, which allows local HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) via unspecified vectors.

El soporte de aceleración para la instrucción 'REP MOVS' en Xen 4.4.x, 3.2.x, y anteriores falla en la comprobación correcta de los límites para entrada/salida del mapeado de memoria (memory mapped I/O, MMIO) emulado en el hipervisor, lo que permite a invitados HVM locales causar una denegación de servicio (caída del anfitrión) a través de vectores no especificados.

An insufficient bound checking flaw was found in the Xen hypervisor's implementation of acceleration support for the "REP MOVS" instructions. A privileged HVM guest user could potentially use this flaw to crash the host.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. It was found that the Linux kernel's Infiniband subsystem did not properly sanitize input parameters while registering memory regions from user space via the verbs API. A local user with access to a /dev/infiniband/uverbsX device could use this flaw to crash the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system. An insufficient bound checking flaw was found in the Xen hypervisor's implementation of acceleration support for the "REP MOVS" instructions. A privileged HVM guest user could potentially use this flaw to crash the host.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-11-14 CVE Reserved
2014-12-01 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-17: DEPRECATED: Code

CAPEC

References (12)

URL	Tag	Source
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705	X_refsource_confirm
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200288	X_refsource_confirm
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201794	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71331	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-112.html	2018-10-30

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html	2018-10-30
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0783.html	2018-10-30
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140	2018-10-30
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04	2018-10-30
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8867	2015-04-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1164255	2015-04-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				5.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				<= 3.2.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version " <= 3.2.0"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				3.2.1 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "3.2.1"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				3.2.2 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "3.2.2"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				3.2.3 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "3.2.3"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.4.0 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.4.0"		-		Affected
Xen Search vendor "Xen"		Xen Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen"				4.4.1 Search vendor "Xen" for product "Xen" and version "4.4.1"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2"		-		Affected