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CVE-2014-3125
Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, does not properly context switch the CNTKCTL_EL1 register, which allows local guest users to…
- 6.2MediumCVSS base score
- 0.63%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 50% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Xen 4.4.x, when running on an ARM system, does not properly context switch the CNTKCTL_EL1 register, which allows local guest users to modify the hardware timers and cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 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 | Medium6.2 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.63% · top 50% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 67157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-91.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140430 Xen Security Advisory 91 - Hardware timer context is not properly context switched on ARM (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 1030184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140430 Re: Xen Security Advisory 91 - Hardware timer context is not properly context switched on ARM (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 58347 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-3145 (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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