CVE-2007-6416

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 1
Downstream
RHSA-2008:0089
Modified
Published: 17 Dec 2007, 23:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 16:02

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
4.6 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.11% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Dec 2007, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 16:02
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The copy_to_user function in the PAL emulation functionality for Xen 3.1.2 and earlier, when running on ia64 systems, allows HVM guest users to access arbitrary physical memory by triggering certain mapping operations.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.11%• Percentile: 30%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • xen•xen

    3.1.2

References (7)