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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 1, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-1895

CVE-2014-1895

Description

Off-by-one error in the flask_security_avc_cachestats function in xsm/flask/flask_op.c in Xen 4.2.x and 4.3.x, when the maximum number of physical CPUs are in use, allows local users to cause a denial of service (host crash) or obtain sensitive information from hypervisor memory by leveraging a FLASK_AVC_CACHESTAT hypercall, which triggers a buffer over-read.

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  • Xen/Xen7 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: 4.2.x, 4.3.x

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