CVE-2015-7972

Aliases:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7972
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
Modified
Published: 30 Oct 2015, 15:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 08:06

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
minimal
8/100
CVSS Score
2.1 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.43% LOW
0% probability +0.33%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

30 Oct 2015, 15:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 08:06
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The (1) libxl_set_memory_target function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and (2) libxl__build_post function in tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand (PoD) system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors related to "heavy memory pressure."

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.43%• Percentile: 36%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • debian•xen

    < 4.6.0-1 | < 4.6.0-1 | < 4.6.0-1 | < 4.6.0-1

  • xen•xen

    3.4.0 | 3.4.1 | 3.4.2 | 3.4.3 | 3.4.4 | 4.0.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.1.0 | 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 | 4.3.2 | 4.3.4 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.1 | 4.5.0 | 4.5.1 | 4.6.0

References (11)