CVE-2017-15592

Published: Oct 18, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 6.0

Source: NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges because self-linear shadow mappings are mishandled for translated guests.

Affected (1)

Products: Xen: Xen

Xen

1 product

Xen

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Xen Xen	Up to 4.9.0

Related CWEs

CWE-668

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.

References (20)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101513

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-243.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

MitigationPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101513