CVE-2011-1936 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Xen, specifically affecting x86 Intel processors with the VMX virtualization extension enabled. The flaw arises from improper handling of cpuid instruction emulation during VM exits, allowing local guest users to crash the guest system. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and requires adjacent network access, leading to a complete availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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