CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-29040

Off-by-one Error

Published: Nov 24, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.8 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.14.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (stack corruption), cause a data leak, or possibly gain privileges because of an off-by-one error. NOTE: this issue is caused by an incorrect fix for CVE-2020-27671.

Weakness

A product calculates or uses an incorrect maximum or minimum value that is 1 more, or 1 less, than the correct value.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
XenXen*4.14.0 (including)
XenUbuntubionic*
XenUbuntufocal*
XenUbuntugroovy*
XenUbuntuhirsute*
XenUbuntuimpish*
XenUbuntutrusty*
XenUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References