CVE-2021-27379

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: February 18, 2021 at 03:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:44 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxXen

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.11.x, allowing x86 Intel HVM guest OS users to achieve unintended read/write DMA access, and possibly cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain privileges. This occurs because a backport missed a flush, and thus IOMMU updates were not always correct. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-15565.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Xen· Xenwordpress-plugin
95%
3.2.0 ≤ v < 4.12.0
Affected range stops below 4.12.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/23/1
x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-366.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4888
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-366.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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