CVE-2017-15596 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Xen versions 4.4.x through 4.9.x, where a malicious ARM guest OS user can prevent physical CPU usage due to lock mishandling during an add-to-physmap error. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 6.0), it requires high privileges on the guest OS and has a high impact on availability, but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:xen:xen:4.4.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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