#VU40714 Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2015-4163 

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#VU40714 Input validation error in Xen - CVE-2015-4163

Published: June 15, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40714
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-4163
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Xen
Software vendor:
Xen Project

Description

The vulnerability allows local guest domains to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a hypercall without a GNTTABOP_setup_table or GNTTABOP_set_version.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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