CVE-2014-7188
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CVE-2014-7188
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.
Exploit probability
0.9%
Published
October 2, 2014
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 10, 2026
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2014-7188
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140199.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140418.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140483.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61664
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61890
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-42.xml
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200218
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX201794
- http://www.c7zero.info/stuff/csw2017_ExploringYourSystemDeeper_updated.pdf
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3041
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70198
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030936
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-108.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96785