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CVE-2014-3968 json

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…

published 2014-06-05 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3901

cvss
5.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • xen Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.4.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3968

  • xen Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3968

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3968 updated cvss 5.2

xen: Vulnerabilities in HVM MSI injection (XSA-96)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel-xen
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.5 AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.