CVE-2010-0730

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The MMIO instruction decoder in the Xen hypervisor in the Linux kernel 2.6.18 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (32-bit guest OS crash) via vectors that trigger an unspecified instruction emulation.

Affected products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 5, 5-ga, 5.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/39649
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100088287
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/05/07/1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0398.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39979
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=572971
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11430
http://secunia.com/advisories/39649
http://secunia.com/advisories/43315

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