CVE-2015-3259: xen
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-3259 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 6Timeline
- 16-07-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the xl command line utility in Xen 4.1.x through 4.5.x allows local guest administrators to gain privileges via a long configuration argument.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
34%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.39% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- xen< 4.6.0-1
Ubuntu1 product
- xen< 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
Xen1 product
- xen4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.5 | 4.1.6.1 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.4 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.0:rc1 | 4.4.1 | 4.4.2 | 4.5.0
3 vendors · 3 products
