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CVE-2015-3259
Stack-based buffer overflow in the xl command line utility in Xen 4.1.x through 4.5.x allows local guest administrators to gain privileges…
Medium6.8EPSS 0.39%
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- Updated
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- redhat
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the xl command line utility in Xen 4.1.x through 4.5.x allows local guest administrators to gain privileges via a long configuration argument.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 66% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-137.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3414 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1299 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201604-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1302 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 75573 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1032973 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .