CVE-2011-1166

N/A Unknown

Published: January 07, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

Xen, possibly before 4.0.2, allows local 64-bit PV guests to cause a denial of service (host crash) by specifying user mode execution without user-mode pagetables.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-1_Host_crash_due_to_failure_to_correctly_validate_PV_kernel_execution_state.

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100145416

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0833.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Security_Announcements#XSA-1_Host_crash_due_to_failure_to_correctly_validate_PV_kernel_execution_state.

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch Vendor Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.1%

28th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

xen

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