CVE-2017-15588 is a high-severity race condition vulnerability affecting Xen through version 4.9.x, allowing x86 PV guest operating system users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS due to a stale TLB entry. With a CVSS score of 7.8, exploitation requires local access and high attack complexity, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the host. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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