Description
Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system and "handling an unknown system register access from 64-bit userspace," returns to an instruction of the trap handler for kernel space faults instead of an instruction that is associated with faults in 64-bit userspace, which allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted process.
Published: 2014-10-26
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-5046 Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system and "handling an unknown system register access from 64-bit userspace," returns to an instruction of the trap handler for kernel space faults instead of an instruction that is associated with faults in 64-bit userspace, which allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly gain privileges via a crafted process.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:34:37.474Z

Reserved: 2014-07-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-5148

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Status : Modified

Published: 2014-10-26T20:55:03.180

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

Link: CVE-2014-5148

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