Is CVE-2014-2580 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-2580 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-2580?

CVE-2014-2580 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.4 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-2580

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.4 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-399
EPSS score: 0.3% (28th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-2612)
Published: April 15, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-2612 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

xen / xen

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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