CVE-2015-8555

Publication date 13 April 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.6 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Xen 4.6.x, 4.5.x, 4.4.x, 4.3.x, and earlier do not initialize x86 FPU stack and XMM registers when XSAVE/XRSTOR are not used to manage guest extended register state, which allows local guest domains to obtain sensitive information from other domains via unspecified vectors.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xen 15.10 wily
Fixed 4.5.1-0ubuntu1.2
15.04 vivid
Fixed 4.5.0-1ubuntu4.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.4
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4.1.6.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.8

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.6 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N


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