8.8

CVE-2017-15592: xen Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-15592UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15592DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15592
Published 18-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-15592 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.43%
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 12 · Related 9
DLA-1181-1DLA-1559-1DSA-4050-1SUSE-SU-2017:2812-1SUSE-SU-2017:2815-1SUSE-SU-2017:2856-1

Timeline

  1. 18-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges because self-linear shadow mappings are mishandled for translated guests.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.43% 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.

Alpine1 product
  • xen< 4.9.0-r6 | < 4.6.6-r2 | < 4.7.3-r3 | < 4.8.2-r3
Debian1 product
  • xen< 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
Ubuntu1 product
  • xen< 4.9.2-0ubuntu1
Xen1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

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