ALPINE-CVE-2017-15595

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CVE-2017-15595
Published: 18 Oct 2017, 08:29
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:38

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Oct 2017, 08:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:38
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•xen

    < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.6.6-r2 | < 4.7.3-r3 | < 4.8.2-r3 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.9.0-r6

References (1)