CVE-2020-15563
Xen x86 HVM Guest Hypervisor Crash Vulnerability
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.13.x, allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to cause a hypervisor crash. An inverted conditional in x86 HVM guests' dirty video RAM tracking code allows such guests to make Xen de-reference a pointer guaranteed to point at unmapped space. A malicious or buggy HVM guest may cause the hypervisor to crash, resulting in Denial of Service (DoS) affecting the entire host. Xen versions from 4.8 onwards are affected. Xen versions 4.7 and earlier are not affected. Only x86 systems are affected. Arm systems are not affected. Only x86 HVM guests using shadow paging can leverage the vulnerability. In addition, there needs to be an entity actively monitoring a guest's video frame buffer (typically for display purposes) in order for such a guest to be able to leverage the vulnerability. x86 PV guests, as well as x86 HVM guests using hardware assisted paging (HAP), cannot leverage the vulnerability.
INFO
Published Date :
July 7, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:17 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
4.0
Exploitability Score :
2.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2020-15563
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2020-15563.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00024.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00031.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/07/3 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-319.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MXESCOVI7AVRNC7HEAMFM7PMEO6D3AUH/ | |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VB3QJJZV23Z2IDYEMIHELWYSQBUEW6JP/ | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-02 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4723 | Third Party Advisory |
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2020-15563 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2020-15563 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.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VB3QJJZV23Z2IDYEMIHELWYSQBUEW6JP/ [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MXESCOVI7AVRNC7HEAMFM7PMEO6D3AUH/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VB3QJJZV23Z2IDYEMIHELWYSQBUEW6JP/ Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MXESCOVI7AVRNC7HEAMFM7PMEO6D3AUH/ -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 03, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00024.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00024.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00031.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00031.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MXESCOVI7AVRNC7HEAMFM7PMEO6D3AUH/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MXESCOVI7AVRNC7HEAMFM7PMEO6D3AUH/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VB3QJJZV23Z2IDYEMIHELWYSQBUEW6JP/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VB3QJJZV23Z2IDYEMIHELWYSQBUEW6JP/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-02 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-02 Third Party Advisory Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 21, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-20 CWE-119 -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 18, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 27, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-02 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 23, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MXESCOVI7AVRNC7HEAMFM7PMEO6D3AUH/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 18, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00031.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 16, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VB3QJJZV23Z2IDYEMIHELWYSQBUEW6JP/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 15, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-07/msg00024.html [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 15, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/07/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/07/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-319.html No Types Assigned http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-319.html Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4723 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4723 Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-20 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:*:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* versions from (including) 4.8.0 up to (including) 4.13.1 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 13, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4723 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 07, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/07/3 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-15563 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-2020-15563
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.12065
percentile