CVE-2011-1898
CVSS 7.4 - HIGH
Description
Xen 4.1 before 4.1.1 and 4.0 before 4.0.2, when using PCI passthrough on Intel VT-d chipsets that do not have interrupt remapping, allows guest OS users to gain host OS privileges by "using DMA to generate MSI interrupts by writing to the interrupt injection registers."
Affected Products
3| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| citrix | xen |
4.0.0
|
| citrix | xen |
4.0.1
|
| citrix | xen |
4.1.0
|
References
Weakness Types
CWE-264
CVE Information
- CVE ID:
CVE-2011-1898- Published:
- 2011-08-12
- Modified:
- 2026-04-29
- CVSS Score:
- 7.4
- Severity:
- HIGH
- Vector:
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected Vendors
citrix
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CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9
LOW
4.0 - 6.9
MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9
HIGH
9.0 - 10.0
CRITICAL