CVE-2014-8595 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local HVM guest users can escalate privileges or crash the system via crafted far branch instructions in the Xen hypervisor.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-8595?
CVE-2014-8595 is a low-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Nov 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c in Xen 3.2.1 through 4.4.x does not properly check privileges, which allows local HVM guest users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) CALL, (2) JMP, (3) RETF, (4) LCALL, (5) LJMP, or (6) LRET far branch instruction.
Weakness: CWE-17
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8595?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Opensuse, Xen Xen.
How do I fix CVE-2014-8595?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2014-8595 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8595 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8595, GHSA-6qqc-xj3c-9jj8, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8595.