xen: HVM qemu unexpectedly enabling emulated VGA graphics backends (XSA 119)
Published Mar 18, 2015
1.9
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.42%
Description
Xen 4.5.x and earlier enables certain default backends when emulating a VGA device for an x86 HVM guest qemu even when the configuration disables them, which allows local guest users to obtain access to the VGA console by (1) setting the DISPLAY environment variable, when compiled with SDL support, or connecting to the VNC server on (2) ::1 or (3) 127.0.0.1, when not compiled with SDL support.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 20
- 21
- 22
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
xen
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xen | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of xen as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as they did not include affected libxc library.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00419) | 33.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00419) | 33.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00094) | 24.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 26.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 24.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (13)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152483.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152588.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152776.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00014.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73068 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031806 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031919 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-119.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2152 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1200724 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2152
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2152
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