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CVE-2015-0239

CVSS v2.0 4.4 (Medium)
44% Progress
EPSS 0.15 % (52th)
0.15% Progress
Affected Products 7
Advisories 26
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The em_sysenter function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 3.18.5, when the guest OS lacks SYSENTER MSR initialization, allows guest OS users to gain guest OS privileges or cause a denial of service (guest OS crash) by triggering use of a 16-bit code segment for emulation of a SYSENTER instruction.

Weaknesses
CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Published Date
2015-03-02 11:59:04
(9 years ago)
Updated Date
2023-02-13 00:45:44
(19 months ago)

Affected Products

Canonical

Debian

Linux

Oracle

Redhat

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Linux Kernel prior 3.18.5 version cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel < 3.18.5

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts
  Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10

Configuration #3

    CPE23 From Up To
  Debian Linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
  Debian Linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Configuration #4

    CPE23 From Up To
  Oracle Linux 5 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5:-
  Oracle Linux 7 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:-

Configuration #5

    CPE23 From Up To
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0
  Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0