CVE-2017-15593

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Modified
Published: 18 Oct 2017, 08:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 19:57

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
26/100
CVSS Score
6.5 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.07% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Oct 2017, 08:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 19:57
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (memory leak) because reference counts are mishandled.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.07%• Percentile: 22%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-772•Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

    The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

Affected Systems

  • xen•xen

    ≤ 4.9.0

References (7)