DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7972

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7972 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

The (1) libxl_set_memory_target function in tools/libxl/libxl.c and (2) libxl__build_post function in tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c in Xen 3.4.x through 4.6.x do not properly calculate the balloon size when using the populate-on-demand (PoD) system, which allows local HVM guest users to cause a denial of service (guest crash) via unspecified vectors related to "heavy memory pressure."

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0

8.699999809265137

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:13	xen	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	xen	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	xen	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	xen	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Oct 30, 2015 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7972 advisory

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