Upstream information

CVE-2014-3714 at MITRE

Description

The ARM image loading functionality in Xen 4.4.x does not properly validate kernel length, which allows local users to read system memory or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted 32-bit ARM guest kernel in an image, which triggers a buffer overflow.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having low severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  NVD
Base Score 3.3
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 876091 [RESOLVED / UPSTREAM]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon May 19 20:16:46 2014
CVE page last modified: Mon Sep 9 17:31:21 2024