Description

The netback driver in Xen, when using certain Linux versions that do not allow sleeping in softirq context, allows local guest administrators to cause a denial of service ("scheduling while atomic" error and host crash) via a malformed packet, which causes a mutex to be taken when trying to disable the interface.

INFO

Published Date :

April 15, 2014, 11:13 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 16, 2014, 1:57 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

2.7
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-2580 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Xen xen
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-2580.

URL Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/24/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66386
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029949
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-90.html Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-2580 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-2580 vulnerability over time.

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EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-2580 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-2580 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.24592

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability