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CVE-2015-8551

Published: Apr 13, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-476
6.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 63.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

The PCI backend driver in Xen, when running on an x86 system and using Linux 3.1.x through 4.3.x as the driver domain, allows local guest administrators to hit BUG conditions and cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and host OS crash) by leveraging a system with access to a passed-through MSI or MSI-X capable physical PCI device and a crafted sequence of XEN_PCI_OP_* operations, aka "Linux pciback missing sanity checks."

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:HUI:NS:CC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:HPrivileges Required
High
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected Products

suse
commercial·DE
linux enterprise desktopOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise real time extensionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / rtos-embedded-os
linux enterprise serverOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise software development kitOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux enterprise workstation extensionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
linux
oss-projectaka the linux kernel
linux kernelOn-premOS
Operating Systems
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
opensuse
oss-project·DE
opensuseOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Impact
Initial Access
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References

http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-157.html
xenbits.xen.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034480
securitytracker.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00055.html
lists.opensuse.org
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