xen: hypervisor: HVMOP_set_mem_type allows invalid P2M entries to be created (XSA-92)
Published May 7, 2014
6.7
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.81%
Description
The HVMOP_set_mem_type control in Xen 4.1 through 4.4.x allows local guest HVM administrators to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by leveraging a separate qemu-dm vulnerability to trigger invalid page table translations for unspecified memory page types.
Affected products
No data.
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.
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:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/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
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- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.81% (0.00810) | 55.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.81% (0.00810) | 51.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.51% (0.00508) | 64.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00083) | 37.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 22, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00083) | 35.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00083) | 33.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133148.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133191.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00003.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/2014/04/29/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67113 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030160 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-92.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3124 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088243 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3124
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3124
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