Description
Off-by-one error in the flask_security_avc_cachestats function in xsm/flask/flask_op.c in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when the maximum number of physical CPUs are in use, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or obtain sensitive information from hypervisor memory by leveraging a FLASK_AVC_CACHESTAT hypercall, which triggers a buffer over-read.
Published: 2014-04-01
Score: 5.8 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-1957 Off-by-one error in the flask_security_avc_cachestats function in xsm/flask/flask_op.c in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when the maximum number of physical CPUs are in use, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or obtain sensitive information from hypervisor memory by leveraging a FLASK_AVC_CACHESTAT hypercall, which triggers a buffer over-read.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:58:15.560Z

Reserved: 2014-02-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-1895

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-04-01T06:35:53.577

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-1895

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-02-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-1895 - Bugzilla

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