CVE-2017-15588
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS because of a race condition that can cause a stale TLB entry.
02 Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS because of a race condition that can cause a stale TLB entry.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 26.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. 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
- 2017-10-18 08:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 19:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3877ecf39e19efbb54741c98c30fb5a586daf24ff01e9f0f2b5dd683f299b5ef
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com101490http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101490
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20171120 [SECURITY] [DLA 1181-1] xen security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4050https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050
- support.citrix.comhttps://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867
- xenbits.xen.orghttps://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-241.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20181018 [SECURITY] [DLA 1549-1] xen security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201801-14https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
- www.securitytracker.com1039568http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- xen Fixed in 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- xen Fixed in 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- xen Fixed in 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- xen Fixed in 4.9.2-0ubuntu1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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