CVE-2015-8104

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8104DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8104
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 35
Modified
Published: 16 Nov 2015, 00:00
Last modified:23 Apr 2025, 15:40

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
10 CRITICAL
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
2.5% LOW
3% probability +2.15%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

16 Nov 2015, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
23 Apr 2025, 15:40
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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

  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.2CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.50%• Percentile: 84%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

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

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    12.04 | 14.04 | 15.04

  • debian•linux

    < 4.2.6-2 | < 4.2.6-2 | < 4.2.6-2 | < 4.2.6-2

  • debian•xen

    < 4.8.0~rc3-1 | < 4.8.0~rc3-1 | < 4.8.0~rc3-1 | < 4.8.0~rc3-1

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 3.13.0-73.116

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gke

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gkeop

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-hwe-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-utopic

    < 3.16.0-56.75~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-vivid

    < 3.19.0-41.46~14.04.2

  • ubuntu•linux-lts-wily

    < 4.2.0-21.25~14.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-raspi2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-realtime

    all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-riscv

    all | all | all

  • ubuntu•virtualbox

    < 4.3.36-dfsg-1+deb8u1ubuntu1.14.04.1 | all | all | all | all | all

  • ubuntu•xen

    < 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3 | < 4.5.1-0ubuntu2 | all | all | all | all | all | all

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.2.3

  • oracle•solaris

    11.3

  • oracle•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

  • xen•xen

    4.3.0 | 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

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