CVE-2010-0419
The x86 emulator in KVM 83, when a guest is configured for Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP), does not properly restrict writing of segment selectors to segment registers, which might allow guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The x86 emulator in KVM 83, when a guest is configured for Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP), does not properly restrict writing of segment selectors to segment registers, which might allow guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) or gain privileges on the guest OS by leveraging access to a (1) IO port or (2) MMIO region, and replacing an instruction in between emulator entry and instruction fetch.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- kvm qumranet/kvm
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023663
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0126.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38467
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563463
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56662
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10139
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023663
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0126.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38467
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=563463
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56662
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10139
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.