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CVE-2014-2986
The vgic_distr_mmio_write function in the virtual guest interrupt controller (GIC) distributor (arch/arm/vgic.c) in Xen 4.4.x, when…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.63%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.5 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.63% · top 49% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 1030146 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140423 Xen Security Advisory 94 - ARM hypervisor crash on guest interrupt controller access (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140423 Xen Security Advisory 94 (CVE-2014-2986) - ARM hypervisor crash on guest interrupt controller access (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-94.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 67047 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140423 Re: Xen Security Advisory 94 - ARM hypervisor crash on guest interrupt controller access (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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