CVE-2017-15592
High
CVE-2017-15592
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.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
October 18, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-15592
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101513
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102129
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX230138
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-243.html