CVE-2017-15588
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.08%xen - security update
Published: 10/18/2017Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2017-15588DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15588
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/xenfrom 0, < 4.9.0-r6
- Debian/xenfrom 0, < 4.8.2+xsa245-0+deb9u1
- Debian/xenfrom 0, < 4.1.6.lts1-10
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |