CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-2151

Published: Mar 12, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
6.5 IMPORTANT
AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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The x86 emulator in Xen 3.2.x through 4.5.x does not properly ignore segment overrides for instructions with register operands, which allows local guest users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FedoraFedoraproject20 (including)20 (including)
FedoraFedoraproject21 (including)21 (including)
FedoraFedoraproject22 (including)22 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatkernel-0:2.6.18-409.el5*
XenUbuntudevel*
XenUbuntuprecise*
XenUbuntutrusty*
XenUbuntuupstream*
XenUbuntuutopic*
XenUbuntuvivid*
Xen-3.3Ubuntulucid*
Xen-3.3Ubuntuupstream*

References