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CVE-2015-8104: canonical ubuntu_linux Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8104DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8104
Published 16-11-2015Last modified 23-04-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-8104 is a critical (CVSS 10.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 10 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 2% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.48%
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 33 · Related 16
DLA-479-1DSA-3414-1DSA-3426-1DSA-3454-1MGASA-2015-0450MGASA-2016-0015

Timeline

  1. 16-11-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.2.6, and Xen 4.3.x through 4.6.x, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host OS panic or hang) by triggering many #DB (aka Debug) exceptions, related to svm.c.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

85%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.48% 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: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu22 products
  • linux< 3.13.0-73.116
  • linux-azureAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-azure-6.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-azure-fdeAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-gcpAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian3 products
  • linux< 4.2.6-2
  • xen< 4.8.0~rc3-1
  • debian_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0
Oracle2 products
  • solarisEOL11.3
  • vm_virtualbox≥ 4.0.0, ≤ 4.0.34 | ≥ 4.1.0, ≤ 4.1.42 | ≥ 4.2.0, ≤ 4.2.34 | ≥ 4.3.0, ≤ 4.3.35 | ≥ 5.0.0, ≤ 5.0.13
Canonical1 product
Linux1 product
Xen1 product
  • xen4.3.0 | 4.3.1 | 4.3.2 | 4.3.3 | 4.3.4 | 4.4.0 | 4.4.1 | 4.4.2 | 4.4.3 | 4.5.0 | 4.5.1 | 4.5.2 | 4.6.0 | 4.6.1 | 4.6.2 | 4.6.4 | 4.6.5

6 vendors · 30 products

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