Use-after-free in Xen - CVE-2014-1642
Published: January 26, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42104
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1642
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when processing vectors related to an out-of-memory error that triggers a (1) use-after-free or (2) double free. A local guest administrators can cause a denial of service (memory corruption and hypervisor crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
Affected software
Xen
How to mitigate CVE-2014-1642
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
External References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127580.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127607.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00011.html
- http://osvdb.org/102406
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56557
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/23/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65097
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029679
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-83.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90649