High severity8.2NVD Advisory· Published Apr 14, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2015-8550
CVE-2015-8550
Description
Xen, when used on a system providing PV backends, allows local guest OS 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.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_extension:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
11- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/79592nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034479nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-155.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03nvd
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