CVE-2015-8550

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-12-17

Description

Xen, when used on a system providing PV backends, allows local guestOS administrators to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain privileges by writing to memory shared between the frontend and backend, aka a double fetch vulnerability.

See more information about CVE-2015-8550 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	7.4	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Requires single instance	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle VM version 3.3 (xen)	OVMSA-2016-0089	2016-07-27

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