CVE-2015-0268

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-02-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The vgic_v2_to_sgi function in arch/arm/vgic-v2.c in Xen 4.5.x, when running on ARM hardware with general interrupt controller (GIC) version 2, allows local guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) by writing an invalid value to the GICD.SGIR register.

Affected products

xen: 4.5.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72591
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031746
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-117.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100868
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72591
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031746
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-117.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100868

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