CVE-2014-8866
N/A
Published: December 1, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxopenSUSEXen
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The compatibility mode hypercall argument translation in Xen 3.3.x through 4.4.x, when running on a 64-bit hypervisor, allows local 32-bit HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) via vectors involving altering the high halves of registers while in 64-bit mode.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/59937Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/62672x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201794Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3140VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71332Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-17
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