CVE-2015-6654: xen
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-6654 is a low (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 2.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 03-09-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The xenmem_add_to_physmap_one function in arch/arm/mm.c in Xen 4.5.x, 4.4.x, and earlier does not limit the number of printk console messages when reporting a failure to retrieve a reference on a foreign page, which allows remote domains to cause a denial of service by leveraging permissions to map the memory of a foreign guest.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.40%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
35%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.40% 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, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- xen< 4.8.0~rc3-1
Ubuntu1 product
- xen< 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
Xen1 product
- xen4.4.0 | 4.5.0 | 4.5.1
3 vendors · 3 products
