CVE-2015-8553

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Xen

PublishedApr 13, 2016

First seenApr 13, 2016

Weakness typeCWE-200Sensitive information exposure

How to fix

Vendor advisories

debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
xen xen	No range specified	—
redhat enterprise_linux	5	—

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