Improper input validation in Linux Kernel

CVE-2009-4031

The do_insn_fetch function in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the x86 emulator in the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-rc8-next-20091125 tries to interpret instructions that contain too many bytes to be valid, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (increased scheduling latency) on the host OS via unspecified manipulations related to SMP support.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.031 (86.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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