CVE-2015-8340

Aliases:DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8340
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Modified
Published: 17 Dec 2015, 19:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 08:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
19/100
CVSS Score
4.7 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.38% LOW
0% probability +0.31%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Dec 2015, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 08:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The memory_exchange function in common/memory.c in Xen 3.2.x through 4.6.x does not properly release locks, which might allow guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (deadlock or host crash) via unspecified vectors, related to XENMEM_exchange error handling.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.38%• Percentile: 32%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-17•DEPRECATED: Code

    This entry has been deprecated. It was originally used for organizing the Development View (CWE-699) and some other views, but it introduced unnecessary complexity and depth to the resulting tree.

Affected Systems

  • debian•xen

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

  • xen•xen

    3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.3 | 3.3.0 | 3.3.1 | 3.3.2 | 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 | 4.16 | 4.1.6.1 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.2.4 | 4.2.5 | 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

References (7)