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.
Published: 2016-04-13
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4497-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8433 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:20:43.305Z

Reserved: 2015-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8553

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-04-13T15:59:07.307

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-8553

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-03-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8553 - Bugzilla

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