CVE-2015-8554

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-12-17

Description

Buffer overflow in hw/pt-msi.c in Xen 4.6.x and earlier, when usingthe qemu-xen-traditional (aka qemu-dm) device model, allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to gain privileges by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI-X capable physical PCI device and MSI-X table entries, related to a write

See more information about CVE-2015-8554 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.5	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle VM version 3.2 (xen)	OVMSA-2016-0081	2016-06-20
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)	OVMSA-2016-0007	2016-01-25

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