CVE-2017-15595
highpriority · attend · 46EPSS 0.016 · 75 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-43014Xen - Pagetable De-typing Unbounded Recursionfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (3)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (15)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-240.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14enisa_euvd
- https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867enisa_euvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050enisa_euvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43014/enisa_euvd
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-240.htmlenisa_euvd
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