4.6
MEDIUM
CVE-2011-3131
Xen IOMMU DMA Denial of Service
Description

Xen 4.1.1 and earlier allows local guest OS kernels with control of a PCI[E] device to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and host hang) via many crafted DMA requests that are denied by the IOMMU, which triggers a livelock.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 13, 2012, 11:53 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:29 a.m.

Source :

cve@mitre.org

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-3131 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 Xen xen

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2011-3131 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2011-3131 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-06/msg01106.html
    Added Reference http://old-list-archives.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-08/msg00450.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/45622
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/51468
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2582
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49146
    Added Reference http://xenbits.xen.org/hg/staging/xen-4.1-testing.hg/rev/84e3706df07a
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Dec. 13, 2012

    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.
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2011-3131 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2011-3131 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.05 }} -0.06%

score

0.14018

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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