CVE-2009-1758

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 3
Modified
Published: 22 May 2009, 01:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 05:27

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
5 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.67% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 May 2009, 01:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 05:27
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.67%• Percentile: 72%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • xen•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

References (7)