xen: arm: Hardware timer context is not properly context switched (xsa-91)
Published May 2, 2014
6.2
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.63%
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.
Affected products
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:N/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
- 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 | 0.63% (0.00629) | 48.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.63% (0.00629) | 45.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.28% (0.00284) | 49.78th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58347 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/11 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67157 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030184 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-91.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3125 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088585 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3125
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3125
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/58347 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/11 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/30/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67157 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030184 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-91.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3125 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088585 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3125 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3125 |
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