6.5
CVSSv3

CVE-2015-8553

Published: 13/04/2016 Updated: 13/08/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.5 | Impact Score: 4 | Exploitability Score: 2
VMScore: 187
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

Xen allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized locations in host OS kernel memory by not enabling memory and I/O decoding control bits. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0777.

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Vendor Advisories

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a privilege escalation, denial of service or information leaks CVE-2015-8553 Jan Beulich discovered that CVE-2015-2150 was not completely addressed If a PCI physical function is passed through to a Xen guest, the guest is able to access its memory and I ...
Xen allows guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized locations in host OS kernel memory by not enabling memory and I/O decoding control bits NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-0777 ...