CVE-2015-8554
Xen Qemu-dm MSI-X Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description
Buffer overflow in hw/pt-msi.c in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when using the qemu-xen-traditional (aka qemu-dm) device model, allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to gain privileges by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI-X capable physical PCI device and MSI-X table entries, related to a "write path."
INFO
Published Date :
April 14, 2016, 2:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 1, 2017, 1:29 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
6.0
Exploitability Score :
0.8
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CVE-2015-8554 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]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 09, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 20, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX203879 No Types Assigned http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX203879 Advisory Changed Reference Type http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-164.html No Types Assigned http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-164.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 18, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-8554 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-2015-8554
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.07 }} 0.00%
score
0.28106
percentile