Memory corruption in Xen - CVE-2017-15592
Published: October 16, 2017 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8832
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15592
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Xen Project
Affected software:
Xen
Xen
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in HVM guest systems due to insufficient memory processing. An adjacent attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service.
The weakness exists in HVM guest systems due to insufficient memory processing. An adjacent attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the system to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15592
Install update from vendor's website.