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CVE-2017-15588

high

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS because of a race condition that can cause a stale TLB entry.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101490

https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-241.html

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-10-18

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0008