CVE-2014-1666

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

26/01/2014

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

The do_physdev_op function in Xen 4.1.5, 4.1.6.1, 4.2.2 through 4.2.3, and 4.3.x does not properly restrict access to the (1) PHYSDEVOP_prepare_msix and (2) PHYSDEVOP_release_msix operations, which allows local PV guests to cause a denial of service (host or guest malfunction) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

8.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.1.6.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:::::::*

CVE-2014-1666

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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