4.6

CVE-2011-3131: xen Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2011-3131
Published 13-12-2012Last modified 16-09-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-3131 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 4.6, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.44%
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 2
DSA-2582-1RHSA-2011:1386

Timeline

  1. 13-12-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Xen 4.1.1 and earlier allows local guest OS kernels with control of a PCI[E] device to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and host hang) via many crafted DMA requests that are denied by the IOMMU, which triggers a livelock.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.44% 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 (xenbits.xen.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • xen< 4.1.2-1
Xen1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

8 links