High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 18, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-15595
CVE-2017-15595
Description
An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
7- xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-240.htmlnvdMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.htmlnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.htmlnvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14nvd
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050nvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43014/nvd
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