UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2986

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2986

    Published: 28 Apr 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-2986

    Summary:

    Details: The vgic_distr_mmio_write function in the virtual guest interrupt controller (GIC) distributor (arch/arm/vgic.c) in Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host crash) via unspecified vectors.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2986, http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2014-04/msg00005.html, http://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-94.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2986

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xen

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1

    Affected versions

    4.3.0-1ubuntu1
    4.3.0-1ubuntu2
    4.3.0-1ubuntu3
    4.3.0-1ubuntu4
    4.3.0-1ubuntu5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High