VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-15589

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 HVM guest OS users to obtain sensitive information from the host OS (or an arbitrary guest OS) because intercepted I/O operations can cause a write of data from uninitialized hypervisor stack memory.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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