CVE-2017-15596

moderate-risk
Published 2017-10-18

An issue was discovered in Xen 4.4.x through 4.9.x allowing ARM guest OS users to cause a denial of service (prevent physical CPU usage) because of lock mishandling upon detection of an add-to-physmap error.

Do I need to act?

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0.08% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 6.0/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Xen
48
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 20/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 28/34 · Critical