---
cve: "CVE-2015-8550"
severity: "LOW"
cvss: 3.1
epss: "1.1%"
vendor: "n/a"
kev: false
exploited: false
published: "2016-04-14 14:59:04"
tags: [cve, security, low]
source: tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier
exported: "2026-09-20T13:46:20+02:00"
---

# CVE-2015-8550

> 3.1 LOW

## Beschreibung

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.

## Referenzen

- <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>

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_Exportiert aus dem [tsecurity.de CVE-Dossier](https://tsecurity.de/cve?cve=CVE-2015-8550) · Datenquellen: EUVD (ENISA), NVD, OSV, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Exploit-DB, BSI BITS_