Use-after-free vulnerability in Xen's xc_cpupool_getinfo function allows for denial of service and possible privilege escalation

CVE-2014-1950 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Use-after-free vulnerability in the xc_cpupool_getinfo function in Xen 4.1.x through 4.3.x, when using a multithreaded toolstack, does not properly handle a failure by the xc_cpumap_alloc function, which allows local users with access to management functions to cause a denial of service (heap corruption) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

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