5.7

CVE-2024-28956: xen

Deferred
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2024-28956SUSE-SU-2025:01703-1SUSE-SU-2025:02030-1
Published 13-05-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-28956 is a medium (CVSS 5.7) vulnerability in xen. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.7/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.43%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 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 54 · Related 32
DLA-4170-1DLA-4271-1DLA-4327-1DSA-5924-1DSA-5925-1DSA-6068-1

Timeline

  1. 13-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Exposure of Sensitive Information in Shared Microarchitectural Structures during Transient Execution for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.41% 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.

Ubuntu146 products
  • intel-microcodeAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 3.20250512.0ubuntu0.16.04.1+esm1 | < 3.20250512.0ubuntu0.18.04.1+esm1 | < 3.20250512.0ubuntu0.20.04.1 | < 3.20250512.0ubuntu0.22.04.1 | < 3.20250512.0ubuntu0.24.04.1 | < 3.20250512.1ubuntu1
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-144.157 | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1088.95 | < 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
Suse4 products
  • xen&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6< 4.18.5_02-150600.3.23.1
  • xen&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7< 4.20.0_12-150700.3.3.1
  • xen&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP6< 4.18.5_02-150600.3.23.1
  • xen&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP7< 4.20.0_12-150700.3.3.1
Debian3 products
  • intel-microcode< 3.20250512.1~deb12u1 | < 3.20250512.1
  • linux< 6.1.140-1 | < 6.12.29-1
  • xen< 4.17.5+72-g01140da4e8-1 | < 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-0+deb13u1 | < 4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-1
Opensuse3 products
  • kernel-source&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 6.14.6-1.1
  • xen&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 4.18.5_02-150600.3.23.1
  • xen&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.20.0_12-1.1
Alpine2 products
  • intel-ucode< 20250512-r0
  • xen< 4.17.5-r4 | < 4.18.5-r0 | < 4.19.2-r1 | < 4.20.0-r1

5 vendors · 158 products

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