3.6

CVE-2015-7311: xen DEPRECATED: Code

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-7311DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7311
Published 01-10-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-7311 is a low (CVSS 3.6) DEPRECATED: Code vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 3.6, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
3.6/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 10 · Related 8
DSA-3414-1MGASA-2016-0098OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1SUSE-SU-2015:1853-1SUSE-SU-2015:1894-1SUSE-SU-2015:1908-1

Timeline

  1. 01-10-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libxl in Xen 4.1.x through 4.6.x does not properly handle the readonly flag on disks when using the qemu-xen device model, which allows local guest users to write to a read-only disk image.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.42% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

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< 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
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 | 4.2.4 | 4.2.5 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.2 | 4.3.3 | 4.3.4 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.0:rc1 | 4.4.1 | 4.5.0 | 4.5.1

3 vendors · 3 products

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