CVE-2010-4238
Estado: ModificadaMedia (5.5)—
The vbd_create function in Xen 3.1.2, when the Linux kernel 2.6.18 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 is used, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic) via an attempted access to a virtual CD-ROM device through the blkback driver. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.89%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 58
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-264
Referencias
- http://bugs.centos.org/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=4517
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45795
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655623
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64698
- http://bugs.centos.org/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=4517
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42884
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46397
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0017.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/520102/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45795
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0012.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=655623
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64698
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