# CVE-2015-8550: Xen, when used on a system providing PV backends, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2016-04-14 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Xen, when used on a system providing PV backends, allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (host OS crash) or gain privileges by writing to memory shared between the frontend and backend, aka a double fetch vulnerability.

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## References

- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3519
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79592
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-155.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-04/msg00045.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034479
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3471
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3434
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00094.html
- https://github.com/WhatsWrongAndWhy/CVE-2015-8550

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