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CVE-2024-31145: error handling in x86 IOMMU identity mapping

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.23% (FIRST EPSS).
Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
Fixed version: xen (Alpine:v3.17) 4.16.6-r1; xen (Alpine:v3.18) 4.17.5-r0; xen (Alpine:v3.19) 4.18.3-r0.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to xen (Alpine:v3.17) 4.16.6-r1; xen (Alpine:v3.18) 4.17.5-r0; xen (Alpine:v3.19) 4.18.3-r0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Certain PCI devices in a system might be assigned Reserved Memory Regions (specified via Reserved Memory Region Reporting, "RMRR") for Intel VT-d or Unity Mapping ranges for AMD-Vi. These are typically used for platform tasks such as legacy USB emulation. Since the precise purpose of these regions is unknown, once a device associated with such a region is active, the mappings of these regions need to remain continuouly accessible by the device. In the logic establishing these mappings, error handling was flawed, resulting in such mappings to potentially remain in place when they should have been removed again. Respective guests would then gain access to memory regions which they aren't supposed to have access to.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Denial of service

Published: Sep 25, 2024
Updated: Jun 17, 2026
EPSS: 0.2% · 14th percentile
CWE: CWE-400

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Action score

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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Vendor	Product	CPE
xen	xen	cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

xen xen4.0.0 and later

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (XEN). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Xen Xen
- consult Xen advisory XSA-460unknown

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Alpine:v3.17	xen	from 4.0.0 · before 4.16.6-r1	4.16.6-r1
Alpine:v3.18	xen	from 4.0.0 · before 4.17.5-r0	4.17.5-r0
Alpine:v3.19	xen	from 4.0.0 · before 4.18.3-r0	4.18.3-r0
Alpine:v3.21	xen	from 4.0.0 · before 4.19.0-r0	4.19.0-r0
Debian:12	xen	before 4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1	4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1
Debian:13	xen	before 4.19.1-1	4.19.1-1
openSUSE:Leap 15.6	xen	before 4.18.3_02-150600.3.6.1	4.18.3_02-150600.3.6.1
openSUSE:Leap Micro 5.5	xen	before 4.17.5_02-150500.3.36.1	4.17.5_02-150500.3.36.1
openSUSE:Tumbleweed	xen	before 4.19.0_02-1.1	4.19.0_02-1.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS	xen	before 4.13.5_14-150200.3.96.1	4.13.5_14-150200.3.96.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS	xen	before 4.14.6_18-150300.3.78.1	4.14.6_18-150300.3.78.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3	xen	before 4.16.6_04-150400.4.62.1	4.16.6_04-150400.4.62.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5	xen	before 4.17.5_02-150500.3.36.1	4.17.5_02-150500.3.36.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6	xen	before 4.18.3_02-150600.3.6.1	4.18.3_02-150600.3.6.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	xen	before 4.12.4_56-3.121.1	4.12.4_56-3.121.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5	xen	before 4.12.4_52-3.115.1	4.12.4_52-3.115.1

Same product

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CVE-2017-10918Xen through 4.8.x does not validate memory allocations during certain P2M operations, which allows guest OS users to obtain privileged host
41Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2024-31142May 16, 2024 · x86: Incorrect logic for BTC/SRSO mitigations
35Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2024-31143Jul 18, 2024 · double unlock in x86 guest IRQ handling
30Monitor
Later →CVE-2024-31146Sep 25, 2024 · PCI device pass-through with shared resources
30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
alpine:xen	4.16.6-r1 · Alpine:v3.17	Package registry (OSV)
debian:xen	4.17.5+23-ga4e5191dc0-1 · Debian:12	Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:xen	4.17.5_02-150500.3.36.1 · openSUSE:Leap Micro 5.5	Package registry (OSV)
suse:xen	4.13.5_14-150200.3.96.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS	Package registry (OSV)
suse:xen	4.17.5_02-150500.3.36.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Teddy AstieVatesfinder

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

CVE-2024-311460 days apartPCI device pass-through with shared resources
30Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

TR-24-1548 · Sep 26, 2024(Xen Project Güvenlik Bildirimi)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
Administrator privileges are required.
No user action is required.
Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: High
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-secondary

Root cause

Code that parses nested structures sets no depth or size limit. A small input can turn into a disproportionate processing load.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-400 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1function expand(node) {
2  return node.children.map(expand);
3}

Fixed

1const MAX_DEPTH = 32;
2function expand(node, depth = 0) {
3  if (depth > MAX_DEPTH) throw new Error("too deep");
4  return node.children.map((c) => expand(c, depth + 1));
5}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

Endpoint Denial of ServiceT1499

Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:47 PM UTC

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References

xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa/advisory-460.html

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