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CVE-2015-0239

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% · 27.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.10%
27.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux3.13.0-13.33, 3.11.0-12.19, 3.12.0-2.7
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSlinux-lts-utopic0, 3.16.0-25.33~14.04.2, 3.16.0-26.35~14.04.1

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Jan 23, 2015 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
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  • Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
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