CVE-2015-0239 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2015-0239 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.10% · 27.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.10%

27.9th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux	0, 3.11.0-12.19, 3.12.0-1.3
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	linux-lts-utopic	0, 3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2, 3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1

Timeline

Jan 23, 2015 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
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May 19, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-0239 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2513-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2514-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2515-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2516-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2517-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2518-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0239 third-party-advisory

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