CVE-2017-15588

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to execute arbitrary code on the host OS because of a race condition that can cause a stale TLB entry.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101490Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-241.htmlMailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101490Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039568Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00009.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050
https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-241.htmlMailing List, Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 18, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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