CVE-2015-8553
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-04-13 15:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-05-26 17:44Z5 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-12-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- ffab3dbeeb8dbd02eee8afeb7ef46928998da2519d9a3c535dd46be1ba9a9733
05 Affected products
06 References
- xenbits.xen.orghttp://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-120.html
- seclists.org20190813 [SECURITY] [DSA 4497-1] linux security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18
- www.debian.orgDSA-4497https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.19.37-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.19.37-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.19.37-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.4.0-157.185
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.4.0-1090.101
- linux-aws-hwe Fixed in 4.15.0-1047.49~16.04.1
- linux-azure Fixed in 4.15.0-1056.61
- linux-gcp Fixed in 4.15.0-1041.43
- linux-hwe Fixed in 4.15.0-60.67~16.04.1
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
- linux-kvm Fixed in 4.4.0-1052.59
- linux-oracle Fixed in 4.15.0-1022.25~16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.15.0-60.67
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.15.0-1047.49
- linux-aws-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-azure-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-azure-edge No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-gcp-5.3 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-edge No fix yet
- linux-gke-4.15 No fix yet
- linux-gke-5.4 No fix yet
- linux-gkeop-5.4 No fix yet
- linux-hwe No fix yet
- linux-hwe-edge No fix yet
- linux-kvm Fixed in 4.15.0-1043.43
- linux-oem No fix yet
- linux-oracle Fixed in 4.15.0-1022.25
- linux-oracle-5.0 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.3 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-aws-5.11 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.13 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-azure-5.11 No fix yet
- linux-azure-5.13 No fix yet
- linux-azure-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gcp-5.11 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-5.13 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-gke No fix yet
- linux-gke-5.15 No fix yet
- linux-gkeop No fix yet
- linux-gkeop-5.15 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-5.11 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-5.13 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-intel-5.13 No fix yet
- linux-oem-5.10 No fix yet
- linux-oem-5.13 No fix yet
- linux-oem-5.14 No fix yet
- linux-oem-5.6 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.11 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.13 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-5.8 No fix yet
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
- linux-riscv-5.11 No fix yet
- linux-riscv-5.8 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-allwinner-5.19 No fix yet
- linux-aws-5.19 No fix yet
- linux-aws-6.2 No fix yet
- linux-aws-6.5 No fix yet
- linux-azure-5.19 No fix yet
- linux-azure-6.2 No fix yet
- linux-azure-6.5 No fix yet
- linux-azure-fde-5.19 No fix yet
- linux-azure-fde-6.2 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-5.19 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-6.2 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-6.5 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-5.19 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-6.2 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-6.5 No fix yet
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 No fix yet
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 No fix yet
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 No fix yet
- linux-nvidia-6.2 No fix yet
- linux-nvidia-6.5 No fix yet
- linux-oem-5.17 No fix yet
- linux-oem-6.0 No fix yet
- linux-oem-6.1 No fix yet
- linux-oem-6.5 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-6.5 No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
- linux-riscv-5.19 No fix yet
- linux-riscv-6.5 No fix yet
- linux-starfive-5.19 No fix yet
- linux-starfive-6.2 No fix yet
- linux-starfive-6.5 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-aws-6.14 No fix yet
- linux-aws-6.17 No fix yet
- linux-azure-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-azure-6.14 No fix yet
- linux-azure-6.17 No fix yet
- linux-azure-fde-6.14 No fix yet
- linux-azure-fde-6.17 No fix yet
- linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-6.14 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-6.17 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-6.14 No fix yet
- linux-intel No fix yet
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-nvidia-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-oem-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-oem-6.14 No fix yet
- linux-oem-6.8 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-6.14 No fix yet
- linux-oracle-6.17 No fix yet
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
- linux-riscv-6.14 No fix yet
- linux-riscv-6.17 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- linux No fix yet
- linux-aws No fix yet
- linux-azure No fix yet
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gcp No fix yet
- linux-oracle No fix yet
- linux-raspi No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- linux No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS
- linux-fips Fixed in 4.4.0-1015.20Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-2018.18Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- linux-azure-fips Fixed in 4.15.0-2006.7Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS
- linux-aws-fips No fix yet
- linux-azure-fips No fix yet
- linux-gcp-fips No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS
- linux-realtime-6.14 No fix yet
- linux-realtime-6.17 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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