CVE-2015-2152: fedoraproject fedora

Modified

AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-2152DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2152

Published 18-03-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-2152 is a low (CVSS 1.9) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 1.9, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

1.9/10

010

Low · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

0.42%

0%100%

Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1

MGASA-2016-0098 SUSE-SU-2015:0613-1

Timeline

18-03-2015
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
06-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Xen 4.5.x and earlier enables certain default backends when emulating a VGA device for an x86 HVM guest qemu even when the configuration disables them, which allows local guest users to obtain access to the VGA console by (1) setting the DISPLAY environment variable, when compiled with SDL support, or connecting to the VNC server on (2) ::1 or (3) 127.0.0.1, when not compiled with SDL support.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.01.9

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.42% 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

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsWeaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product

xen< 4.4.1-9

Fedoraproject1 product

fedoraEOL20 | 21 | 22

Ubuntu1 product

xen< 4.4.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.4

Xen1 product

xen≤ 4.5.0

4 vendors · 4 products

References

12 links

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
www.securitytracker.com/id/1031919VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/73068VDB EntryX Refsource BID
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party Advisory
xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor AdvisoryREPORT
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSE
www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2152REPORT

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