Buffer overflow in Xen - CVE-2014-3715

 

Buffer overflow in Xen - CVE-2014-3715

Published: May 19, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41659
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-3715
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.

Buffer overflow in Xen 4.4.x allows local users to read system memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted 32-bit guest kernel, related to searching for an appended DTB.


Affected software

Xen

How to mitigate CVE-2014-3715

Install update from vendor's website.


External References

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