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CVE-2015-8550

HIGH · CVSS 8.2 EPSS 1.08%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-04-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2015-8550
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.2
EPSS
1.08%

Original NVD 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.