xen: Vulnerabilities in HVM MSI injection (XSA-96)
Published Jun 5, 2014
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.72%
Description
The HVMOP_inject_msi function in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows local guest HVM administrators to cause a denial of service (host crash) via a large number of crafted requests, which trigger an error messages to be logged.
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. 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:A/AC:L/Au:S/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 | 0.72% (0.00719) | 52.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.72% (0.00719) | 48.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.52% (0.00518) | 64.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00068) | 31.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00068) | 29.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00068) | 27.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134710.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134739.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/03/9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/13 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67794 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67824 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030322 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-96.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3968 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102254 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3968
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3968
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