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CVE-2008-5716

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-12-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.2. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2008-5716
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.36%

Original NVD Description

xend in Xen 3.3.0 does not properly restrict a guest VM's write access within the /local/domain xenstore directory tree, which allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service and possibly have unspecified other impact by writing to (1) console/tty, (2) console/limit, or (3) image/device-model-pid. NOTE: this issue exists because of erroneous set_permissions calls in the fix for CVE-2008-4405.