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CVE-2015-2151
Published:March 12, 2015
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Related Resources (15)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2151
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-123.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73015
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX200484
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html
http://www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-423503.htm
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031903
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3181
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
7.2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
EPSS
Base Score:
0.24