CVE-2014-9066

Description

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9065.

Risk Information

Base Score

6.5

MODERATE

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.035

Associated Vulnerability

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Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234