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CVE-2014-9066

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and...

4.7 MediumFix available

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9065.

Exploit likelihood

0.40%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.7

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9065.

Record
CVE-2014-9066
CVSS 2.0
4.7 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness
CWE-17
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9065.

Record
CVE-2014-9066
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-8892 No score

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9065.

Record
EUVD-2014-8892
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4f7c-f5r2-23hx No score

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and...

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9065.

Record
GHSA-4f7c-f5r2-23hx
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9065.

Record
CVE-2014-9066
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-9066 No score

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9065.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9066
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2015:0613-1 No score

Security update for Xen

The XEN hypervisor received updates to fix various security issues and bugs.

The following security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2015-2151: XSA-123: A hypervisor memory corruption due to x86 emulator flaw.
  • CVE-2015-2045: XSA-122: Information leak through version information hypercall.
  • CVE-2015-2044: XSA-121: Information leak via internal x86 system device emulation.
  • CVE-2015-2152: XSA-119: HVM qemu was unexpectedly enabling emulated VGA graphics backends.
  • CVE-2014-3615: Information leakage when guest sets high graphics resolution.
  • CVE-2015-0361: XSA-116: A xen crash due to use after free on hvm guest teardown.
  • CVE-2014-9065, CVE-2014-9066: XSA-114: xen: p2m lock starvation.

Also the following bugs were fixed:

  • bnc#919098 - XEN blktap device intermittently fails to connect
  • bnc#882089 - Windows 2012 R2 fails to boot up with greater than 60 vcpus
  • bnc#903680 - Problems with detecting free loop devices on Xen guest startup
  • bnc#861318 - xentop reports 'Found interface vif101.0 but domain 101 does not exist.'
  • Update seabios to rel-1.7.3.1 which is the correct version for Xen 4.4
  • Enhancement to virsh/libvirtd 'send-key' command The xen side small fix. (FATE#317240)
  • bnc#901488 - Intel ixgbe driver assigns rx/tx queues per core resulting in irq problems on servers with a large amount of CPU cores
  • bnc#910254 - SLES11 SP3 Xen VT-d igb NIC doesn't work
  • Add domain_migrate_constraints_set API to Xend's http interface (FATE#317239)
  • Restore missing fixes from block-dmmd script
  • bnc#904255 - XEN boot hangs in early boot on UEFI system
  • bsc#912011 - high ping latency after upgrade to latest SLES11SP3 on xen Dom0
  • Fix missing banner by restoring the figlet program.
Record
SUSE-SU-2015:0613-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-9066 No score

Xen 4.4.x and earlier, when using a large number of VCPUs, does not properly handle read and write locks, which allows local x86 guest users to cause a denial of service (write denial or NMI watchdog timeout and host crash) via a large number of read requests, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-9065.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9066
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xen
Debian:12
All versions, plus listed versions
4.17.1+2-gb773c48e36-14.17.2+55-g0b56bed864-14.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-14.17.2+76-ge1f9cb16e2-1~deb12u14.17.2-1
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4.17.3+10-g091466ba55-14.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.14.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1~exp14.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1.1~exp24.17.3+10-g091466ba55-1~deb12u14.17.3+36-g54dacb5c02-14.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-14.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1+deb12u14.17.5+72-g01140da4e8-14.17.7-0+deb12u14.19.0+14-g0918434e0f-1~exp14.19.1-14.19.1-1~exp14.19.1-1~exp44.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-14.20.0-14.20.0~rc2+1-gfcde5e0de8-1~exp14.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-24.20.3+127-gc42374a105-14.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-1
None known
xen
Debian:13
All versions, plus listed versions
4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-14.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-0+deb13u14.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-0+deb13u14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-1
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4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-24.20.3+127-gc42374a105-0+deb13u14.20.3+127-gc42374a105-14.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-0+deb13u14.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-1
None known
xen
Debian:14
All versions, plus listed versions
4.20.0+68-g35cb38b222-14.20.2+37-g61ff35323e-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-14.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-24.20.3+127-gc42374a105-14.20.4+39-gf1e1321c87-1
None known
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 4.4.1_10-9.1
4.4.1_10-9.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 4.4.1_10-9.1
4.4.1_10-9.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 4.4.1_10-9.1
4.4.1_10-9.1
xen
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 4.4.1_10-9.1
4.4.1_10-9.1
xen
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4, plus listed versions
4.3.0-1ubuntu14.3.0-1ubuntu24.3.0-1ubuntu34.3.0-1ubuntu44.3.0-1ubuntu5
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4.4.0-0ubuntu34.4.0-0ubuntu44.4.0-0ubuntu54.4.0-0ubuntu5.14.4.0-0ubuntu5.24.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.14.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.24.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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

In short

CVE-2014-9066 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.7) in Xen, published December 9, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 34th percentile. Fixed in xen 4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4.

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