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
0.33% LOW
0% probability -0.02%
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

  • 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: 0.33%• Percentile: 56%

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•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 4.2.3

  • Unknown•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

References (43)