Description
The x86 emulator in Xen 3.2.x through 4.5.x does not properly ignore segment overrides for instructions with register operands, which allows local guest users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Published: 2015-03-12
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3181-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2261 The x86 emulator in Xen 3.2.x through 4.5.x does not properly ignore segment overrides for instructions with register operands, which allows local guest users to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (memory corruption), or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
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Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Redhat Enterprise Linux
Xen Xen
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:10:14.456Z

Reserved: 2015-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2151

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-03-12T14:59:03.837

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-2151

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-03-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-2151 - Bugzilla

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