Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 13, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2015-8553
CVE-2015-8553
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.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-120.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497nvd
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