xen: HVMOP_set_mem_access is not preemptible
Published Mar 28, 2014
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
Description
The HVMOP_set_mem_access HVM control operations in Xen 4.1.x for 32-bit and 4.1.x through 4.4.x for 64-bit allow local guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by leveraging access to certain service domains for HVM guests and a large input.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.2
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.3
- 4.1.4
- 4.1.4
- 4.1.5
- 4.1.5
- 4.1.6.1
- 4.1.6.1
- 4.2.0
- 4.2.1
- 4.2.2
- 4.2.3
- 4.3.0
- 4.3.1
- 4.3.2
- 4.4.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kernel-xen
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the kernel-xen package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 as we did not have support for Xen hypervisor.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00399) | 31.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 31.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00056) | 14.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 26.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/25/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/25/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66407 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029956 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-89.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2599 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1075499 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2599
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2599
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201407-03.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3006 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/25/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/25/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66407 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029956 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-89.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2599 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1075499 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2599 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2599 |
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