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CVE-2011-1780

The instruction emulation in Xen 3.0.3 allows local SMP guest users to cause a denial of service (host crash) by replacing the instruction that causes the VM to exit in one thread with a different instruction in a different thread.

Severity
Medium 6.1
Published
7 Jan 2014
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
0.7% in the next 30 daysHigher than 53% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Weakness
Improper input validation (CWE-20)
Attack
From the same local network · No login needed
Attacker can
Take it down
CVSS vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen
  • Version 3.0.3

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1780
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1780