2.1

CVE-2015-7972: xen Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-7972DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7972
Published 30-10-2015Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-7972 is a low (CVSS 2.1) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 2.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
2.1/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.43%
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 8 · Related 5
DLA-479-1DSA-3414-1MGASA-2016-0098OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10196-1SUSE-SU-2015:2306-1SUSE-SU-2015:2326-1

Timeline

  1. 30-10-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability 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

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.43% 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< 4.6.0-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • xen< 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
Xen1 product
  • xen3.4.0 | 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

3 vendors · 3 products

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