kernel: xen crash due to use after free on hvm guest teardown (xsa116)
Published Jan 7, 2015
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.51%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in Xen 4.2.x, 4.3.x, and 4.4.x allows remote domains to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a crafted hypercall during HVM guest teardown.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kernel-xen
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel-xen | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the kernel-xen packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.51% (0.02513) | 84.24th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.51% (0.02513) | 82.68th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.35% (0.02355) | 83.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.82% (0.00817) | 82.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 3, 2024 | 0.78% (0.00785) | 81.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.85% (0.00854) | 81.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.85% (0.00854) | 79.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 19, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 60.79th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 58.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 35.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148103.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148241.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71882 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031498 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-116.html x_refsource_CONFIRMMitigationPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0361 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176097 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-0361
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-04 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0361
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