CVE-2014-6268 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Xen 4.4.x, where a local guest user can crash the host system. This is due to an uninitialized event channel control block when binding or moving an event to a different VCPU. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a high impact on availability. There is no known exploit code available, nor any evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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