6.5

CVE-2015-8553: redhat enterprise_linux

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8553DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8553
Published 13-04-2016Last modified 26-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-8553 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in redhat enterprise_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.38%
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 1
DSA-4497-1

Timeline

  1. 13-04-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 26-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Xen allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized locations in host OS kernel memory by not enabling memory and I/O decoding control bits. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0777.

CVSS metrics

8 scores · 4 sources · 4 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

32%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.38% 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, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu113 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.0-157.185 | < 4.15.0-60.67
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.4.0-1090.101 | < 4.15.0-1047.49 | All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 4.19.37-1
Redhat1 product
Xen1 product

4 vendors · 116 products

References

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