CVE-2015-2152

Xen 4.5.x and earlier enables certain default backends when emulating a VGA device for an x86 HVM guest qemu even when the configuration disables them, which…

published March 18, 2015

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Xen 4.5.x and earlier enables certain default backends when emulating a VGA device for an x86 HVM guest qemu even when the configuration disables them, which allows local guest users to obtain access to the VGA console by (1) setting the DISPLAY environment variable, when compiled with SDL support, or connecting to the VNC server on (2) ::1 or (3) 127.0.0.1, when not compiled with SDL support.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00419 · 34.9th percentile
Published
2015-03-18T16:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 MAR 16:00Z
    Xen 4.5.x and earlier enables certain default backends when emulating a VGA device for an x86 HVM guest qemu even when the configuration disables them, which…
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