CVE-2014-7155 is a privilege escalation and denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Xen 4.4.x and earlier, as well as distributions like Debian, Fedora, and openSUSE. It stems from improper supervisor mode permission checks in the x86_emulate function, allowing local HVM users to crash a guest or gain guest kernel privileges through specific x86 instructions. With a CVSS score of 5.8, this vulnerability has an adjacent attack vector and low complexity, leading to potential confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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