CVE-2015-8553
6.5 MEDIUMXen allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized locations in host OS kernel memory by not enabling memory an...
Published: 2016-04-13 · Last updated: 2026-05-26
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CWE
- CWE-200
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| redhat | enterprise_linux, xen |
| xen | enterprise_linux, xen |
Description
Xen allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized locations in host OS kernel memory by not enabling memory and I/O decoding control bits. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0777.
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8553
- [Patch]http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-120.html
- [Other]https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497
- [Patch]http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-120.html
- [Other]https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18
- [Other]https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497
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