CVE-2024-31142
HIGHXen < 4.15.6 - Protection Mechanism Failure in XSA-407 and XSA-434 Mitigation
Title source: llmDescription
Because of a logical error in XSA-407 (Branch Type Confusion), the mitigation is not applied properly when it is intended to be used. XSA-434 (Speculative Return Stack Overflow) uses the same infrastructure, so is equally impacted. For more details, see: https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-407.html https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-434.html
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-455.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-455.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/D5OK6MH75S7YWD34EWW7QIZTS627RIE3/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RYAZ7P6YFJ2E3FHKAGIKHWS46KYMMTZH/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0312
EPSS Percentile
87.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-693
Status
published
Products (3)
fedoraproject/fedora
38
fedoraproject/fedora
40
xen/xen
< 4.15.6
Published
May 16, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026