Multiple integer overflows in tools/libxc/xc_dom_bzimageloader.c in Xen 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted paravirtualised guest kernel image that triggers (1) a buffer overflow during a decompression loop or (2) an out-of-bounds read in the loader involving unspecified length fields.
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2337-1 xen security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1583 Multiple integer overflows in tools/libxc/xc_dom_bzimageloader.c in Xen 3.2, 3.3, 4.0, and 4.1 allow local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted paravirtualised guest kernel image that triggers (1) a buffer overflow during a decompression loop or (2) an out-of-bounds read in the loader involving unspecified length fields.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T22:28:42.114Z

Reserved: 2011-04-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-1583

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-08-12T18:55:00.697

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-1583

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2011-05-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-1583 - Bugzilla

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