{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3968","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:44:23.035274Z","published":"2014-06-05T20:55:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-3968"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3968"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-96.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030322"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/13"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3968"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xen","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xen@4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1"}]}],"versions":["4.3.0-1ubuntu1","4.3.0-1ubuntu2","4.3.0-1ubuntu3","4.3.0-1ubuntu4","4.3.0-1ubuntu5","4.4.0-0ubuntu3","4.4.0-0ubuntu4","4.4.0-0ubuntu5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libxen-4.4"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libxen-ocaml"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"libxenstore3.0"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.1-amd64"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.3-amd64"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.3-armhf"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.4-amd64"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.4-arm64"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"xen-hypervisor-4.4-armhf"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"xen-system-amd64"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"xen-system-arm64"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"xen-system-armhf"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"xen-utils-4.4"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"xen-utils-common"},{"binary_version":"4.4.0-0ubuntu5.1","binary_name":"xenstore-utils"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3968.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}