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CVE-2011-2519

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—

Xen in the Linux kernel, when running a guest on a host without hardware assisted paging (HAP), allows guest users to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and hypervisor crash) via the SAHF instruction.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (4)

Redhat — Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat — Enterprise Linux ServerRedhat — Enterprise Linux WorkstationXEN — XEN

CWEs

References

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