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CVE-2017-15591

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.5.x through 4.9.x allowing attackers (who control a stub domain kernel or tool stack) to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) because of a missing comparison (of range start to range end) within the DMOP map/unmap implementation.

How to fix

Remediation Available
xenDebian
Fixed in:4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1CVE-2017-15591
Fixed in:4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1CVE-2017-15591
Fixed in:4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1CVE-2017-15591
Fixed in:4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1CVE-2017-15591

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

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.33%probability of exploitation in 30 days
25thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 25% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references1

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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 2026-05-13.