Is CVE-2015-7970 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-7970 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-7970?

CVE-2015-7970 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-7970?

CVE-2015-7970 has an EPSS score of 0.44% (35th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-7970?

Upgrade xen on debian 11 to 4.6.0-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-7970

MEDIUM

4.9

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The p2m_pod_emergency_sweep function in arch/x86/mm/p2m-pod.c in Xen 3.4.x, 3.5.x, and 3.6.x is not preemptible, which allows local x86 HVM guest administrators to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and possibly reboot) via crafted memory contents that triggers a "time-consuming linear scan," related to Populate-on-Demand.

CWE-399Resource Management Errors

How to fix

Remediation Available

xenDebian

Fixed in:4.6.0-1CVE-2015-7970

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.44%probability of exploitation in 30 days

35thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 35% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

xenbits.xen.org

Other references9

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-399 (Resource Management Errors) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2009-3103	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2009-0075	High	9.3	85%	-	-
CVE-2005-1790	Low	2.6	83%	-	-
CVE-2010-0806	High	8.8	82%	KEV	-
CVE-2009-2526	High	7.8	82%	-	-
CVE-2015-1868	High	7.8	82%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.