CVE-2014-7154

Race condition in HVMOP_track_dirty_vram in Xen 4.0.0 through 4.4.x does not ensure possession of...

6.1 MediumFix available

Race condition in HVMOP_track_dirty_vram in Xen 4.0.0 through 4.4.x does not ensure possession of the guarding lock for dirty video RAM tracking, which allows certain local guest domains to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Exploit likelihood

0.74%Down 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

Record: CVE-2014-7154
CVSS 2.0: 6.1 MediumAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness: CWE-362
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2014-7154
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2014-7031 No score

Record: EUVD-2014-7031
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wch3-7x83-fq5h No score

Race condition in HVMOP_track_dirty_vram in Xen 4.0.0 through 4.4.x does not ensure possession of...

Record: GHSA-wch3-7x83-fq5h
Weakness: CWE-362
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

Record: CVE-2014-7154
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-7154 No score

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7154
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1 No score

xen-4.7.0_12-1.3 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the xen-4.7.0_12-1.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0940-1 No score

Security update for Xen

This update fixes the following security issues in Xen:

* CVE-2012-5510: Grant table version switch list corruption
  vulnerability (XSA-26)
* CVE-2012-5511: Several HVM operations do not validate the range of
  their inputs (XSA-27)
* CVE-2012-5513: XENMEM_exchange may overwrite hypervisor memory
  (XSA-29)
* CVE-2012-5514: Missing unlock in
  guest_physmap_mark_populate_on_demand() (XSA-30)
* CVE-2012-5515: Several memory hypercall operations allow invalid
  extent order values (XSA-31)

Also the following fix has been applied:

* bnc#777628 - guest 'disappears' after live migration
  Updated block-dmmd script

Security Issues references:

* CVE-2012-5513
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5513>
* CVE-2012-5514
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5514>
* CVE-2012-5511
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5511>
* CVE-2012-5510
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5510>
* CVE-2012-5515
  <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5515>

Record: SUSE-SU-2015:0940-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-7154 No score

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2014-7154
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`xen` Debian:12	before 4.4.1-3	4.4.1-3
`xen` Debian:13	before 4.4.1-3	4.4.1-3
`xen` Debian:14	before 4.4.1-3	4.4.1-3
`xen` Debian:7	before 4.1.4-3+deb7u3, plus listed versions 4.1.4-34.1.4-3+deb7u14.1.4-3+deb7u2	4.1.4-3+deb7u3
`xen` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 4.4.0-0ubuntu5.2, plus listed versions 4.3.0-1ubuntu14.3.0-1ubuntu24.3.0-1ubuntu34.3.0-1ubuntu44.3.0-1ubuntu5 Show 4 moreShow less 4.4.0-0ubuntu34.4.0-0ubuntu44.4.0-0ubuntu54.4.0-0ubuntu5.1	4.4.0-0ubuntu5.2
`xen` openSUSE:Tumbleweed	before 4.7.0_12-1.3	4.7.0_12-1.3

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2014-7154 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Xen, published November 22, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.74%, the 54th percentile. Fixed in xen 4.4.1-3.

References

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