Vulnerability Details : CVE-2009-3290

The kvm_emulate_hypercall function in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c in KVM in the Linux kernel 2.6.25-rc1, and other versions before 2.6.31, when running on x86 systems, does not prevent access to MMU hypercalls from ring 0, which allows local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (guest kernel crash) and read or write guest kernel memory via unspecified "random addresses."
Published 2009-09-22 10:30:01
Updated 2017-09-19 01:29:32
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2009-3290

Threat overview for CVE-2009-3290

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2009-3290
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 52869
IPs affected by CVE-2009-3290 14,955
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3290

EPSS FAQ
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 25 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-3290

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.2
 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2009-3290

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2009-3290

  • Red Hat 2009-09-22
    Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/CVE-2009-3290 This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG as KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is only supported in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. A future kernel update in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 will address this flaw.

References for CVE-2009-3290

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