Unscored severity · published Aug 12, 2011
CVE-2011-1583
Multiple integer overflows in tools/libxc/xc_dom_bzimageloader.c in Xen 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code…
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CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple integer overflows in tools/libxc/xc_dom_bzimageloader.c in Xen 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted paravirtualised guest kernel image that triggers (1) a buffer overflow during a decompression loop or (2) an out-of-bounds read in the loader involving unspecified length fields.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
XE
Xen · Citrix
3.2.0; 3.3.0; 4.0.0; 4.1.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1583
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1583
Patch
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-05/msg00483.html
Patch
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2011-05/msg00491.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0496.html
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