Xen, when used on a system providing PV backends, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain privileges by writing to memory shared between the frontend and backend, aka a double fetch vulnerability.
Published 2016-04-14 14:59:04
Updated 2017-11-04 01:29:13
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: BypassGain privilegeDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2015-8550

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-8550

0.07%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 28 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2015-8550

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.7
MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C
3.1
8.5
NIST
8.2
HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.5
6.0
NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2015-8550

  • The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2015-8550

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