CVE-2015-0268

Published Feb 16, 2015

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: The vgic_v2_to_sgi function in arch/arm/vgic-v2.c in Xen 4.5.x, when running on ARM hardware with general interrupt controller (GIC) version 2, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) by writing an invalid value to the GICD.SGIR register.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.9
Impact score: 6.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "90CCECD0-C0F9-45A8-8699-64428637EBCA"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References