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CVE-2009-1758: xen Resource Management Errors

Modified
Published 22-05-2009Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-1758 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 2.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
DSA-1809-1RHSA-2009:1106RHSA-2009:1132

Timeline

  1. 22-05-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The hypervisor_callback function in Xen, possibly before 3.4.0, as applied to the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc4, 2.6.18, and probably other versions allows guest user applications to cause a denial of service (kernel oops) of the guest OS by triggering a segmentation fault in "certain address ranges."

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.16% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (lists.xensource.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Xen1 product
  • xen≤ 3.3.1 | 2.0 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.2 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.3 | 3.3.0

1 vendor · 1 product

References

7 links