CVE-2015-7971 is a Denial of Service vulnerability affecting Xen versions 3.2.x through 4.6.x. It allows local guest systems to crash the hypervisor by flooding it with excessive printk console messages through crafted xenoprof_op or xenpmu_op hypercalls. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of partial availability loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, with only one mention and one media article identified.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.