NULL pointer dereference in Xen - CVE-2020-27675
Published: November 29, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83584
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-27675
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in drivers/xen/events/events_base.c. A malicious guest can trigger a dom0 crash by sending events for a paravirtualized device while simultaneously performing its reconfiguration.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-27675
Install update from vendor's website.