4.6
MEDIUM
CVE-2010-0435
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization and KVM Intel VT-x Instruction Emulation Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

The Hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2, and KVM 83, when the Intel VT-x extension is enabled, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via vectors related to instruction emulation.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 24, 2010, 6 p.m.

Last Modified :

Feb. 13, 2023, 4:16 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2010-0435 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_virtualization
2 Redhat kvm
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2010-0435 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description CVE-2010-0435 kvm: vmx null pointer dereference The Hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2, and KVM 83, when the Intel VT-x extension is enabled, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via vectors related to instruction emulation.
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0622 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0435 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description The Hypervisor (aka rhev-hypervisor) in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 2.2, and KVM 83, when the Intel VT-x extension is enabled, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) via vectors related to instruction emulation. CVE-2010-0435 kvm: vmx null pointer dereference
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0622 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0435 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0627 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 25, 2010

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.24592

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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