VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2014-7188

CVSS score8.3 HIGH
EPSS probability0.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-10-02
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The hvm_msr_read_intercept function in arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c in Xen 4.1 through 4.4.x uses an improper MSR range for x2APIC emulation, which allows local HVM guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) or read data from the hypervisor or other guests via unspecified vectors.

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