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CVE-2017-15589

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.

Severity
Medium 6.5
Published
18 Oct 2017
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Exploit chance
0.4% in the next 30 daysHigher than 35% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
XenServers and applications · cpe:o:xen:xen
  • Version 4.9.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15589
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15589