CVE-2014-3967 Null dereference in n/a
Local HVM guest administrators can cause a denial of service via NULL pointer dereference in Xen hypervisor.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-3967?
CVE-2014-3967 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 5 Jun 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The HVMOP_inject_msi function in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x does not properly check the return value from the IRQ setup check, which allows local HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3967?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Opensuse Opensuse, Xen Xen.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3967?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2014-3967 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3967 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3967, GHSA-hg4x-g82c-qxqj, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3967.