The HVMOP_inject_msi function in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x does not properly check the return value from the IRQ setup check, which…

Description

The HVMOP_inject_msi function in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x does not properly check the return value from the IRQ setup check, which allows local HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via unspecified vectors.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.71% · top 46% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• GLSA-201504-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-96.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:1281 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:1279 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• FEDORA-2014-7423 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2014-7408 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 1030322 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 67794 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140604 Re: Xen Security Advisory 96 - Vulnerabilities in HVM MSI injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 10:57 UTC.